Re: Two hours -- two days

[Tim J.]

Peter Charles wrote:
> Yesterday, the server install went very smoothly -- fishing time!!
<snipped nice TR>
> Completed the day by heading downstream swinging caddis wets and
> taking the odd dink and losing my second semi-decent fish of the day.
> Oh well, it beat installing new servers.

Tell me about it.

<hijack> I arrived back from hurricane country yesterday after installing a
replacement server for a client that lost his entire store to Charley. It ripped
the roof off his building ( http://css.sbcma.com/timj/pics/roof.jpg ) and the
rain just poured in ( http://css.sbcma.com/timj/pics/front_desk.jpg ). This is a
full service equipment rental (hire) business. Imagine this store full of
electrical equipment and tools - all ruined beyond repair. In the front office
photo, you can see the cubby where the server used to reside, with the 16-port
multiplexor still attached to the cabinet. I had to install the server into a
temporary trailer while the store is rebuilt, which will take nine months to a
year.</hijack>

I'm glad you were able to get out. It would have been nice to have made it to
Penns for a spey casting lesson or two - it sounds like fun. I had my heart set
on fishing a little at the "secret spot" today, but the wind was really whipping
around. The next few days are supposed to be pretty nice with autumn-like
weather, so I hope to sneak out some afternoon.
--
TL,
Tim
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

[Tim J.]

Peter Charles wrote:
> Yesterday, the server install went very smoothly -- fishing time!!
<snipped nice TR>
> Completed the day by heading downstream swinging caddis wets and
> taking the odd dink and losing my second semi-decent fish of the day.
> Oh well, it beat installing new servers.

Tell me about it.

<hijack> I arrived back from hurricane country yesterday after installing a
replacement server for a client that lost his entire store to Charley. It ripped
the roof off his building ( http://css.sbcma.com/timj/pics/roof.jpg ) and the
rain just poured in ( http://css.sbcma.com/timj/pics/front_desk.jpg ). This is a
full service equipment rental (hire) business. Imagine this store full of
electrical equipment and tools - all ruined beyond repair. In the front office
photo, you can see the cubby where the server used to reside, with the 16-port
multiplexor still attached to the cabinet. I had to install the server into a
temporary trailer while the store is rebuilt, which will take nine months to a
year.</hijack>

I'm glad you were able to get out. It would have been nice to have made it to
Penns for a spey casting lesson or two - it sounds like fun. I had my heart set
on fishing a little at the "secret spot" today, but the wind was really whipping
around. The next few days are supposed to be pretty nice with autumn-like
weather, so I hope to sneak out some afternoon.
--
TL,
Tim
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

[Tim J.]

Peter Charles wrote:
> Yesterday, the server install went very smoothly -- fishing time!!
<snipped nice TR>
> Completed the day by heading downstream swinging caddis wets and
> taking the odd dink and losing my second semi-decent fish of the day.
> Oh well, it beat installing new servers.

Tell me about it.

<hijack> I arrived back from hurricane country yesterday after installing a
replacement server for a client that lost his entire store to Charley. It ripped
the roof off his building ( http://css.sbcma.com/timj/pics/roof.jpg ) and the
rain just poured in ( http://css.sbcma.com/timj/pics/front_desk.jpg ). This is a
full service equipment rental (hire) business. Imagine this store full of
electrical equipment and tools - all ruined beyond repair. In the front office
photo, you can see the cubby where the server used to reside, with the 16-port
multiplexor still attached to the cabinet. I had to install the server into a
temporary trailer while the store is rebuilt, which will take nine months to a
year.</hijack>

I'm glad you were able to get out. It would have been nice to have made it to
Penns for a spey casting lesson or two - it sounds like fun. I had my heart set
on fishing a little at the "secret spot" today, but the wind was really whipping
around. The next few days are supposed to be pretty nice with autumn-like
weather, so I hope to sneak out some afternoon.
--
TL,
Tim
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

[Tim J.]

Peter Charles wrote:
> Tim J. wrote:
>> Peter Charles wrote:
>>> Yesterday, the server install went very smoothly -- fishing time!!
>> <snipped nice TR>
>>> Completed the day by heading downstream swinging caddis wets and
>>> taking the odd dink and losing my second semi-decent fish of the
>>> day. Oh well, it beat installing new servers.
>>
>> Tell me about it.
>>
>> <hijack> I arrived back from hurricane country yesterday after
>> installing a replacement server for a client that lost his entire
>> store to Charley. It ripped the roof off his building (
>> http://css.sbcma.com/timj/pics/roof.jpg ) and the rain just poured
>> in ( http://css.sbcma.com/timj/pics/front_desk.jpg ). This is a full
>> service equipment rental (hire) business. Imagine this store full of
>> electrical equipment and tools - all ruined beyond repair. In the
>> front office photo, you can see the cubby where the server used to
>> reside, with the 16-port multiplexor still attached to the cabinet.
>> I had to install the server into a temporary trailer while the store
>> is rebuilt, which will take nine months to a year.</hijack>
>>
>> I'm glad you were able to get out. It would have been nice to have
>> made it to Penns for a spey casting lesson or two - it sounds like
>> fun. I had my heart set on fishing a little at the "secret spot"
>> today, but the wind was really whipping around. The next few days
>> are supposed to be pretty nice with autumn-like weather, so I hope
>> to sneak out some afternoon.
>
>
> That situation is butt ugly. Talk about the need for offsite data
> storage.
<snip>
Get this - no system or data backup for five years! They sent the server to us
after being submerged in about six inches of water. Fortunately, the hard drive
was at about twelve inches. We were able to place the hard drive into another
server and recover the data.

They're doing nightly backups now. <G>
--
TL,
Tim
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

[Tim J.]

Peter Charles wrote:
> Tim J. wrote:
>> Peter Charles wrote:
>>> Yesterday, the server install went very smoothly -- fishing time!!
>> <snipped nice TR>
>>> Completed the day by heading downstream swinging caddis wets and
>>> taking the odd dink and losing my second semi-decent fish of the
>>> day. Oh well, it beat installing new servers.
>>
>> Tell me about it.
>>
>> <hijack> I arrived back from hurricane country yesterday after
>> installing a replacement server for a client that lost his entire
>> store to Charley. It ripped the roof off his building (
>> http://css.sbcma.com/timj/pics/roof.jpg ) and the rain just poured
>> in ( http://css.sbcma.com/timj/pics/front_desk.jpg ). This is a full
>> service equipment rental (hire) business. Imagine this store full of
>> electrical equipment and tools - all ruined beyond repair. In the
>> front office photo, you can see the cubby where the server used to
>> reside, with the 16-port multiplexor still attached to the cabinet.
>> I had to install the server into a temporary trailer while the store
>> is rebuilt, which will take nine months to a year.</hijack>
>>
>> I'm glad you were able to get out. It would have been nice to have
>> made it to Penns for a spey casting lesson or two - it sounds like
>> fun. I had my heart set on fishing a little at the "secret spot"
>> today, but the wind was really whipping around. The next few days
>> are supposed to be pretty nice with autumn-like weather, so I hope
>> to sneak out some afternoon.
>
>
> That situation is butt ugly. Talk about the need for offsite data
> storage.
<snip>
Get this - no system or data backup for five years! They sent the server to us
after being submerged in about six inches of water. Fortunately, the hard drive
was at about twelve inches. We were able to place the hard drive into another
server and recover the data.

They're doing nightly backups now. <G>
--
TL,
Tim
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

[GregP]

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 01:14:39 GMT, "Tim J."
> wrote:

>
>They're doing nightly backups now. <G>
>--


... which they'll keep doing, for about 2-3 weeks longer,
then back to business as usual. We have software
running in a lab in Alabama. When they lost their
hard drive we found out that they had last done a
backup about 8 months before. We found out because
they expected us to recreate their data. Four months
later they lost the new drive and it turned out that they
hadn't done a backup since the drive was installed.

[GregP]

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 01:14:39 GMT, "Tim J."
> wrote:

>
>They're doing nightly backups now. <G>
>--


... which they'll keep doing, for about 2-3 weeks longer,
then back to business as usual. We have software
running in a lab in Alabama. When they lost their
hard drive we found out that they had last done a
backup about 8 months before. We found out because
they expected us to recreate their data. Four months
later they lost the new drive and it turned out that they
hadn't done a backup since the drive was installed.