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Quoth EricKei View PostI wish we *could* do that. The drives we have (which are at least in a mirrored array (only 2 drives tho)) are too small to hold a hell of a lot of "user" files, as most of the spare space is taken up by company data and the like. I just got in the habit of backing up my (non-confidential) files to my own offsite FTP every so often.
Part of the problem with space is this...(Non-Geeks, feel free to bypass this) -- We have MS Server 2003/SBSSERV, Terminal Services, and Exchange on our rackmount server-ish thing. All of these are Not only on the SAME COMPUTER, they're all on the SAME HARD DRIVE. Note, also, that I said "ish". Said system is not actually on an actual rack. It's on a plank of plywood which juts out more than a foot into our little file room.
Is it just me, or is this setup just asking for trouble?
Note that the only reason we are no longer using a Pentium 3 ~1.8 ghz sytem as the server is thanks to Hurricane Katrina, after which our network dudes finally convinced the boss to upgrade to a server that costs more than found hundred bucks to replace.
The most powerful system is the office -- by far -- is a 2ghz dual core. I have more than once had to cannibalize old systems, ripping out old ram and HD's, to "upgrade" the "recent" systems (read: less than 6 years old) by dropping in another 512mb of ram and a 40 gig drive. I'm so glad that I will soon be out of that place. Let someone else deal with it.
I hate it when you see something like that, suggest a change, and management says "but it works now. Why change it?" they really don't see any reason to be PROACTIVE in PREVENTING downtime.
Personally, I'd put Exchange separate. If TS isn't that common/being used, why move IT to something else?
Have you looked at virtualizing servers? As in purchasing a damn good setup and putting a large HD as main, then putting RAID under it? Then virtualize the main one, and create a "separate" server for each different task/service?
You can reboot the virtuals when needed, IIRC, and not disrupt the whole system.
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Quoth Cutenoob View PostAARRRRGH!!! I'd not work there. I'd literally run out of the room screaming going You FING IDIOTS!!!
they really don't see any reason to be PROACTIVE in PREVENTING downtime.
Personally, I'd put Exchange separate. If TS isn't that common/being used, why move IT to something else?
TS: We have 2 outside support peeps who are logged into TS during all business hours. Also have a few more who do so from time to time; when I am telecommuting, I do it as well.
Have you looked at virtualizing servers?
This is actually only a minor reason among the laundry list of reasons for leaving this job. Once I do so in its entirety, I plan to post about it in a new thread...or at least, the parts I can. Some of my concerns have...legal...ramifications to them, so I'd best not elaborate on that stuff just yet. The only thing I CAN comfortably say right now is that part of my solution is that I'm going independent; I'm forming an LLC this week for general computer support stuff and teaching people how to use these blasted things. ^_^ ...but those things take time.
On the bright side tho, I know someone at WorstSell who says she can pretty much give me a job in the computer tech area... If it's between that and no job at all, I'll gladly schlep back to retail for a few months. I've been trying to leave, but they just keeep puuuulling me back in >_<"For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
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Quoth Racket_Man View Post.... remember one of Murphy's law's
"Murphy was a blithering optimist!"I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
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Quoth EricKei View PostExactly. Their current method of "preventing downtime" is having me reboot the server early every Monday morning so that it doesn't crash mid-stream, as described above.
Our last server, to put it nicely, was a piece of shit. It seemed that it was built with whatever our usual vendor had lying around. As such, it didn't have enough fans inside, and was usually overheating. Cure for that? Simple...remove the side panels from the caseDidn't stop the SCSI drives from overheating though.
What sucked, is that the vendor and I both told the boss it was a problem. Yet, he *refused* to spend the cash to fix it properly. That all changed about he time it finally blew up. That is, it would no longer boot up correctly, and 10-years-worth of data was in danger of disappearing(Yes, I had backups, but still--we tend to input quite a bit of data every day, and the backups were for the previous day.)
By sheer luck, I managed to get the server running just long enough...I could copy what I needed (database source data + several thousand spreadsheets) onto another computer to temporarily run as the server.
After being without his data, and running blind for several hours...the boss broke down and bought a new server. This time, I was actually allowed to give my input on itAs such, it has multiple hard drives (all mirrored), 8 case fans, backup power supply, etc. Wasn't cheap, but it's extremely reliable.
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Quoth CorDarei View PostSBS comes with exchange installed on it (along with a slew of other server-type proggies) .I only mentioned it because I have several customers whop do use them on separate boxes...in a proper rack setup...with fans and things...
Protege: Our case has fans, they're just not on the inside. The one cooling the drives is this nifty green plastic one that oscillates back and forth. The ones for the back of the system are those little 4-inch wide doohickeys...>_> And yes, we're using SCSI drives"For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
"The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
"Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
"There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
"Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
"Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
"Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me
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Quoth Racket_Man View PostOM Fracking G This is what schools are turning out in the IT/CS majors now???????? on that note I think I will try some other field when I go back to school in the future. if that is what I will be dealing with you can have it.
hell another year...... this guy needs about 5 years more in school
even back 30 years ago when I was in school for CS/IT they stressed/beat it into us/yelled at us/swore at us to make FRACKING BACKUPS esp it it was IMPORTANT STUFF remember one of Murphy's law's
While I'm no IT expert by any means, I at least backup my files periodically onto CD and the most important stuff gets emailed to my Yahoo account and stored in a private folder to be double-safe.
My rule is: back it up once is okay, but twice is better.
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Quoth EricKei View PostAlso, the A/C vent which is about 6 inches from said server tends to leak. A lot. Fortunately it has yet to flow onto the server, but still.
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Quoth Difdi View PostChanneling Rube Goldberg probably wouldn't hurt......Wait, wait, no, where am I gonnna get cheese, 2x4's, a spring-loaded nerf cannon, and matches at THIS hour...?
"For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
"The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
"Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
"There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
"Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
"Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
"Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me
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Quoth EricKei View PostHmm...that actually might be a good idea...Wait, wait, no, where am I gonnna get cheese, 2x4's, a spring-loaded nerf cannon, and matches at THIS hour...?
Over here! Well, I'm not sure about the Nerf cannon, but we could probably rig a double from the junk around here.
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