Most of the racks held old IBM PS/2 boxes that hadnt been switched of in about 3 years.
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Originally posted by DaveB View PostRoom the size of a football pitch, fully racked out.
< sniggers >Where are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?Comment
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So the room was powered down and left quiet for 2 hours while they tested the battery backups and generators."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Originally posted by voodooflux View PostFull of large racks eh?
< sniggers >"Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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But not as big as the industrial steel racking holding the lead acid battery stacks. They had an entire basement level to themselves."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Anyway, having been sat on our arses for a couple of hours with no coffee and no cold drinks either cos power was off to the whole building, we went back in and started bringing the PS/2's back online."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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It was at this point that I recieved my first introduction to the concept of "stiction" in hardrives."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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95% of the drives in the PS/2's refused to spin back up. Having been left running for so long the lubricant had lost it effectivness and the drive heads had stuck."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Originally posted by DaveB View PostAnyway, having been sat on our arses for a couple of hours with no coffee and no cold drinks either cos power was off to the whole building, we went back in and started bringing the PS/2's back online.Where are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?Comment
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I spent the next 5 hours working my way down rows of cabinets, opening each system in turn, removing the hard drive, tapping it gently against the cabinet frame and replacing it."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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