I think I might start posting about some IT things I see in the datacentre.
Got a plain old power cycle request today for a fairly old HP machine.
Went to the machine, tunred out it wasn’t powered up, tried unplugging it, putting power back, still nothing. Grabbed a new kettle lead, plugged it in, POP! Whole rack goes down, none of the servers had redundant power. Then spent the next hour on the phone to the US painstakingly bringing up the servers.
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If you haven’t seen Office Space go and rent it now. If you need a star to draw you in, it’s got Jennifer Aniston actually doing well at acting in something that’s not Friends.
