Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian, I forgot that you also host the LFF. It was a bad withdrawal period :-) Thanks. May be we can pipe the heat to warm up my leaky Eichler. On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>wrote: > The LUG Gallery is back online. I'm glad that it came back up so quickly. > The Large Format Photography server (which I also host) was down for nearly > 3 weeks while I struggled with repairs. > > Details for the tech-minded: > The air conditioner for that room of the data center had failed. The LUG > Gallery runs on a particularly high-powered computer that generates a lot > of heat, and it didn't take it long to reach critical overtemp. > > Its dual 550W X8051A-Z power supplies respond to overtemp by disconnecting > themselves from the power mains and staying disconnected until they are > manually reset. > > So I manually reset them. I forgot that it's wise to wear hearing > protectors when powering up that machine while standing next to it. Yow. > > That server (a maxed-out SunFire X4200) has been so reliable that I've not > paid attention to it for years. It is such a beast. I'd better start making > plans for replacing it. No computer lasts forever. And the LUG Gallery > server is the only machine I have that cost more than an M Monochrom. > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto