Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 11:17:52 -0500 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>, "Michael Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Life working at an ISP (was: RE: Lockdown of FreeBSD machine directly on Net) Message-ID: <000a01c16a03$3f81c580$6600000a@ach.domain> In-Reply-To: <006801c169cb$ecfbff60$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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> >> The plus side to that environment is, there's nothing like trying to > >> figure out how to make something work with inadequate equipment, > > > > Example (and yes, these are true stories) - Your primary > >server, the Dual > >Celeron 500 MHz has begun to exhibit overheating problems. You find out > >that this comes from a combination of being overclocked (d0h!) by the > >previous administrator, and the fact that the fans on the > heatsinks are not > >turning to keep the extremely dinky heatsink cool. You clock the machine > >down to where it's supposed to be, and go ask management for funding to > >purchase proper heat reduction solution hardware. Management > tells you to > >go get bent, that they're having cashflow issues. My solution, > bring in a > >power drill, drill a number of holes in the bottom of the case, > and park the > >machine over an A/C vent, thus preventing it from overheating again. > > :-) That way instead of spending a miserable 5 cents an hour on > the increased > electric bill that new fans would consume, you get to spend 5 _dollars_ an > hour running the A/C full blast!! Well, the problem is, they didn't wanna spend the less than $10 per processor for the coolers that I wanted to slap on there. I mean, if a company is having cashflow problems to the point where they can't afford to write a check for $20, it's a good sign that it's time to leave, PERIOD. > I've seen some pretty funny cooling systems before. That story reminds me > of the time I walked into a customer server room and saw one of those > floor A/C units sitting in a corner. You know, the ones that > have 2 big tubes > one that blows cold air, and the other is supposed to be run > somewhere else > that it dumps the heat it's pulling out of the room that it's blowing cold > air into. Only problem with this one is both tubes were > blowing into the same room. I asked the network admin who said > they had to > get the cooler because their stuff was overheating. I then pointed out > that the A/C unit was putting just as much heat back into the room as it > was sucking out, and got a comment that was something along the lines of > "are you stupid or what, can't you feel the cold air blowing out of it?" Ahh yes... the server admins with degrees in thermodynamics... *snickers* As far as my example goes, my "office" had two A/C ducts and a fan. For a small 6x12 room loaded with hardware (6 servers, a Cisco 2600 series, pair of network hubs, 3Com/USR Total Control rack and the boxes to feed it with), it got majorly hot in there. Got even worse when I'd close the door (and tie it shut with a network cable, since there was no knob on the door, much less a lock) so I could get stuff done. --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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