Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 01:41:51 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net>, "Michael Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Life working at an ISP (was: RE: Lockdown of FreeBSD machine directly on Net) Message-ID: <006801c169cb$ecfbff60$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <004e01c1696c$3b6bf5c0$6600000a@ach.domain>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Andrew C. >Hornback >Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 2:17 PM >To: Michael Lucas >Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Life working at an ISP (was: RE: Lockdown of FreeBSD machine >directly on Net) > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Michael Lucas >> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 7:45 AM >> To: Ted Mittelstaedt >> Cc: Mike Meyer; questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> Subject: Re: Lockdown of FreeBSD machine directly on Net >> >> On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 03:14:07AM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >> > Yearly salaries >> > for the one knowledgeable network admin holding the bandaid and ductape >> > servers together are in the 20-30K range. RAID is nonexistent, >> IDE drives >> > abound, downtime >> > is frequent. >> >> Ted, Ted, you're giving me flashbacks here! All that therapy, shot to >> heck... > > *grins* This is beginning to sound like a support group meeting... > > "Hi, I'm Andy, and I worked for a cheap-ass ISP..." > >> The plus side to that environment is, there's nothing like trying to >> figure out how to make something work with inadequate equipment, > > Example (and yes, these are true stories) - Your primary >server, the Dual >Celeron 500 MHz has begun to exhibit overheating problems. You find out >that this comes from a combination of being overclocked (d0h!) by the >previous administrator, and the fact that the fans on the heatsinks are not >turning to keep the extremely dinky heatsink cool. You clock the machine >down to where it's supposed to be, and go ask management for funding to >purchase proper heat reduction solution hardware. Management tells you to >go get bent, that they're having cashflow issues. My solution, bring in a >power drill, drill a number of holes in the bottom of the case, and park the >machine over an A/C vent, thus preventing it from overheating again. > :-) That way instead of spending a miserable 5 cents an hour on the increased electric bill that new fans would consume, you get to spend 5 _dollars_ an hour running the A/C full blast!! I've seen some pretty funny cooling systems before. That story reminds me of the time I walked into a customer server room and saw one of those floor A/C units sitting in a corner. You know, the ones that have 2 big tubes one that blows cold air, and the other is supposed to be run somewhere else that it dumps the heat it's pulling out of the room that it's blowing cold air into. Only problem with this one is both tubes were blowing into the same room. I asked the network admin who said they had to get the cooler because their stuff was overheating. I then pointed out that the A/C unit was putting just as much heat back into the room as it was sucking out, and got a comment that was something along the lines of "are you stupid or what, can't you feel the cold air blowing out of it?" Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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