By Jason Slater in Reader
Posted in Computer Room, Technology on August 27, 2008 at 10:49 am
As part of our ongoing computer room overhaul project (Computer Room Regeneration) we have spent a great deal of time with our suppliers discussing, configuring and finally ordering our new HP 42U 800W Rack so our bunch of DL380 servers no longer need to rest on two-drawer filing cabinets.
Airflow is a big issue as we have quite a small computer room with no vents other than the air conditioning units (which do like to break down from time to time much to my horror - typically at 3am in a morning). We have obtained the airflow kits, roof fans, blanking plates and other equipment to be really really sure that the airflow through the cabinet is maximised (and hopefully make our IT a little greener in the process!).
I could barely contain my excitement as the guys lumbered the cabinet up the stairs onto the first floor together with all the additional peripherals and gizmos that we have ordered following checking and double-checking with our supplier and their distributor. What a relief when it finally arrived upstairs in all its monolith looking glory - and after I opened up all the additional boxes to check everything imagine my surprise when I phoned down to the warehouse to find out when the sides of the rack would be brought upstairs.
Their response, and indeed the supplier response after a phone call:
“What sides?”
Did I mention that airflow was an important factor for us?
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By Jason Slater in Reader
Posted in Uncategorized on August 13, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Nothing divides communities quite like a little humour - lord knows I have had my fair share of flack from Monk and his I.T. Junk over the years. The television sit-com The IT Crowd is another example - are we really that geeky ? I know I am ! I can’t recall the number of times I have told a user to simply “switch it off and on again”. I just read in Graham Linehans Blog article “Be my hive brain!” that he is calling for suggestions to help design the look of the set for the next series, specifically, all things “cool” and geeky from the last few months so if you are interested get your thinking caps on and head on over to his Blog for more details. I would think that you guys and gals who live iGizmo should be full of ideas.
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By Jason Slater in Reader
Posted in Technology on August 8, 2008 at 5:36 pm
My old trusty laptop (I say laptop, it was anything but - it was a desktop replacement) finally bit the bullet after four years so I am typing this on my new HP Mobile Workstation 8710w. It took quite a bit of digging around looking at different specifications to
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