Category: Work
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Dell R200 power consumption
I had not seen any real world power consumption figures for the new Dell R200 1U servers, so as I have a paid sat behind me I thought I’d stick a power meter on and see what they draw. Turned off, 0.11Amps. Booting, peak at 0.69Amps. Turned on and sat pretty much idle, 0.49Amps. Power…
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Nearly all done.
Well, today was the end of it, almost. All the IT equipment went today, though oddly the chaps didn’t have room for the 42u Dell cabinet, so a quick call soon found it a new home up the hill at the CS department via the back of a Volvo estate! Rah! The last of the…
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Bye-bye .us0
Well, .us0 (Open World’s main hosting colo) is no more. Verizon have, at my request, turned off the power bars. Tomorrow I get to gut .uk1, the main UK colocation which holds internal and extranet servers. I prefer building systems…
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The great OW erase
So today is the first day of the end. I turned off the web servers yesterday (scripted) and today I have to start copying anything the Administrators wanted onto an external disk and then erasing all of Open World’s servers. By Friday everything should be blanked and removed by the chaps that have bought all…
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Administration
My employer has formally gone into administration today. I am being retained and paid. 8 people are being made redundant from the UK now [update its over 13 now], all non-UK staff are out (there lies its own odd legal issue). Not a nice day, I am the one working with the administrators (who themselves…
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So long Sri Lanka
Today s my last day in Sri Lanka, for this trip. 2 weeks is quite a long time to spend over here, I usually do 1 week, but I think it has been worth it. I think I have got quite a lot done, though I could have done more if other management had actually…
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Yanks for the memories.
Why is it always that when you do have some free time it is raining? Oh well, driving in the dark in the rain was interesting, the roads don’t drain, the light glares and you cant see any road markings – sucky. I fly back today, 8.30pm flight so don’t need to be at JFK…
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New York Update
So yes, its Tuesday. Things are going well. New machines are in, old ones are nearly fixed (awaiting a fan and a disk) and I can see me being done in time, which is good. I am still not happy with the power cables int the rack, they are all 12foot long and I need…
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New York can’t do on foot…
Arrived at JFK last night, on time pretty much, though delayed by the huge queues at passport control. Driving north (JFK, Whitestone bridge, Hutchinson River Parkway for those that care) though was horrid. Its the Marathon in New York today and it appears that as soon as people want to get round NYC on foot…
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Upcoming…
I looked at my calendar today… yikes. Off to New York this Saturday to do some server work, fly back arriving Friday early morning. New guy starts at OW on the Monday, but my Linux Admin is away then for two weeks. Off to Rotterdam on Friday 18th for a work thing. Then December 5th…