[ale] server troubles (again)

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Thu, 2011-12-15 at 09:13 -0500, Randy Ramsdell wrote: 
> Overheating does things like this.

It's in a rack in a datacenter so THAT shouldn't be happening unless
we've got a fan starting to fail and that's entirely possible, given the
vintage of the box.  If a fan is starting to fail, the box needs
servicing at the very least, which may take time and result in extended
downtime.  As Jim has indicated, the box is old.  It's a dual core PIII
with only 1/2 G of RAM so I'm not sure it would even be worth the
effort.  I'd rather swap it out with a better box than to go to the
trouble of tearing it down to diagnose the problem, then getting parts,
then testing, then restoring to service.

Mike

> On 12/14/11 22:28, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > The ALE server is failing. It has simply died more times than I care 
> > to recall and leaves behind a tell-tale trail of
> >
> >
> > nothing
> >
> >
> > silence
> >
> >
> > just a log entry when it is rebooted.
> >
> > Don't get me wrong. The current machine was also a donated one as well 
> > as the rack space and bandwidth. And I am, as I'm sure all of us are, 
> > very, very grateful.
> >
> > However, this poor system is needing to be put out to pasture.
> >
> > I am looking at a donated machine as a replacement system on offer 
> > now. As soon as arrangements can be made to get it racked, and all 
> > data duplicated over, things will be better.
> >
> > Thanks for the ALE patience on this.
> >
> > Hopefully the server will stay up long enough to get _this_ notice out...
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > -- 
> > -- 
> > James P. Kinney III
> >
> > As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to 
> > consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as 
> > they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the 
> > outcome.
> > - ////2011 Noam Chomsky
> >
> > http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/
> > ////
> >
> >
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