Quick Update :: Mike Neir's Page

Moving the bed to the other bedroom seems to have helped. I've slept pretty well the past few days. This is a good thing.

I was finally able to get the firmware on my RAID card updated. It only took about 5 hours worth of time, 5 wasted CD-ROMs, and a lot of annoyance. The result? The RAID array rebuilt itself for two days (pretty damn long for an array of that size), and the card promptly kernel panicked upon reaching 100% on the rebuild process. At least it didn't start over again like it had in the past.

I think I might need professional help. This morning, I built a small cardboard baffle (?) to direct air out of a HVAC duct towards the servers in my closet. People more sane than myself would probably say things like "you should have fewer computers", "why do you have so many computers?", or even the dreaded "you're freakin' weird!" I, however, build cardboard ducting.

I also caught this guy outside my window the other morning. I'm surprised the picture came out so clear... the window I took the picture through is dirty as hell.

sneezer :: 05/03/2008, 9:48 am :: Reply

you're freakin' weird.

Phil :: 05/03/2008, 6:12 pm :: Reply

Get a different card. This one obviously has major issues that may not be fixable. You should get another AC unit to cool the DC.

MikeW :: 05/05/2008, 3:10 pm :: Reply

How many computers do you have any way? Those power bills have to be a bitch.

Mike Neir :: 05/06/2008, 10:07 am :: Reply

Eight plus a laptop. Two are workstations, and two are MythTV frontends. The others are servers of various types.

And yes... the power bills can get pretty ridiculous in the warm months.

MikeW :: 05/05/2008, 3:11 pm :: Reply

And I agree with Phil, get a different RAID card. At least if you get a 3ware or LSI card you know they've been well tested in production.

Mike Neir :: 05/06/2008, 10:05 am :: Reply

Yah, they're also nowhere to be found on eBay. Buying them new is too expensive. Seeing as how HP was offering these cards with medium to high-end servers, I would expect a stable product. Maybe I do just have a bum card. It hasn't KP'ed since it finished rebuilding the array, so maybe the firmware update did help.

Alex :: 05/06/2008, 4:59 am :: Reply

Bitch'n.

cardboard ductwork really gets my motor running.