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Another Lost Afternoon
03.Jul.08 | Leave a Comment
Had another lost afternoon today. Same problem. Different server. Previous solution didn’t work. Maddening!
Said “screw it” this time and convinced the developer to “strong name” it and it worked fine from the GAC.
What About the Boxes?
04.Jun.08 | 7 Comments
I can never decide how long to keep server boxes around. For instance, I’m in the process of doing a few production build-outs and have a bunch of boxes stacked up. Typically, once the servers are racked at the data center I’d hide the boxes for a few months and then ultimately pitch ‘em once [...]
Yesterday’s Education
25.May.08 | 3 Comments
I learned two important things yesterday:
If a production rack server can support two power supplies then get two power supplies
After installing an SSL Certificate, export it and save it
If you’re in the Denver area and happen to have a spare 700W power supply for the HP DL36x server series (part number 412211-001) holler! Want to [...]
Servers and Drives
21.Feb.08 | 2 Comments
A client ordered themselves a Dell server and dropped it off today to have me set it up as their new domain controller and as their development box for our application(s) at their site. Nice little PowerEdge unit that seems beefy ’nuff to do the job.
One major bummer though. It was ordered with a pair [...]
Data Center Musings
21.Apr.07 | 2 Comments
I’ve spent a lot of time at our data center this week. Probably on the order of almost 20 hours since Tuesday night, and that was a 9 hour stretch. Most subsequent visits have avg’d 2 hours. What follows are random thoughts from these visits.
I’d take a picture to illustrate what a [...]
On the other hand…OSX is a...