So, I really thought about calling in to work today. I really should have.
I sit down at my desk, after greeting Captain Useless (I've posted about him before.) when I hear a *BANG* *BEEEP BEEEP BEEEP BEEEP...*
Me: Uh oh. That wasn't a good noise.
Captain Useless: No it wasn't. UPS** is beeping next door.
Me: Uh hunh.
Both of us get up and check the 2 AC units cooling our data center, and both are still running. The second UPS covering 90% of the data center is also running fine.
We call building management, and they come over and have a look. Apparently the giant old UPS that runs a small portion of our data center shat itself and died.
Cast:
BM: building management
Me: Ohai.
BM: So, We need to replace some parts. It SHOULDN'T cause interruption, but it may. We don't know what all is on this UPS exactly, so it may cause interruption in various manners.
Me: Great. Go ahead. I'll triage if stuff goes horribly wrong.
BM: Figures too. Our electrician just went on vacation in Israel yesterday.
Me: We have great timing like that.
BM: Yep. We'll see what we can do. You're currently running directly off the power grid, so if power dies, you lose servers. We'll get it fixed ASAP.
As of right now, I can hear them talking next door where the UPS room is, and it doesn't sound good. This UPS is as old as I am, and has a nice 8" green and black CRT screen right on front showing current power usage.
**UPS: Uninterruptible power supply. You can buy them for home use, although a data center's UPS is a fair bit bigger. This one is 7 feet tall, about 12 feet wide, and is handling 200kW of power at the moment. Ours are only designed to run until the generator kicks in to keep things powered for up to 10 days.
I sit down at my desk, after greeting Captain Useless (I've posted about him before.) when I hear a *BANG* *BEEEP BEEEP BEEEP BEEEP...*
Me: Uh oh. That wasn't a good noise.
Captain Useless: No it wasn't. UPS** is beeping next door.
Me: Uh hunh.
Both of us get up and check the 2 AC units cooling our data center, and both are still running. The second UPS covering 90% of the data center is also running fine.
We call building management, and they come over and have a look. Apparently the giant old UPS that runs a small portion of our data center shat itself and died.
Cast:
BM: building management
Me: Ohai.
BM: So, We need to replace some parts. It SHOULDN'T cause interruption, but it may. We don't know what all is on this UPS exactly, so it may cause interruption in various manners.
Me: Great. Go ahead. I'll triage if stuff goes horribly wrong.
BM: Figures too. Our electrician just went on vacation in Israel yesterday.
Me: We have great timing like that.
BM: Yep. We'll see what we can do. You're currently running directly off the power grid, so if power dies, you lose servers. We'll get it fixed ASAP.
As of right now, I can hear them talking next door where the UPS room is, and it doesn't sound good. This UPS is as old as I am, and has a nice 8" green and black CRT screen right on front showing current power usage.
**UPS: Uninterruptible power supply. You can buy them for home use, although a data center's UPS is a fair bit bigger. This one is 7 feet tall, about 12 feet wide, and is handling 200kW of power at the moment. Ours are only designed to run until the generator kicks in to keep things powered for up to 10 days.
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