Archive for December, 2002

Hernia City, Here I Come!

Tuesday, December 10th, 2002

So the rack-mounting hardware arrived today. Tomorrow I get to shut the server down for a few hours while I throw my back out hefting it into its box more space-efficiently.

I swear, I do a lot more at my job than carry things from place to place and wrap electrical tape around frayed wires. […]

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UPS (not that UPS)

Monday, December 2nd, 2002

The UPS on the server died last Friday. Investigation reveals we’ve probably been over-loading it. My tenouous grasp of high school physics led to confusion between a Volt-Amp and a Watt. I’m still not sure of the difference. Anyway, if your UPS is rated for 750 VA and you plug 690 […]

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