Comments on: Monday kind of Tuesday http://www.technoprimitive.org/wordpress/archives/2008/05/13/monday-kind-of-tuesday/ Rumblings, Ramblings, and Ruminations Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:21:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Dave http://www.technoprimitive.org/wordpress/archives/2008/05/13/monday-kind-of-tuesday/#comment-3823 Dave Fri, 16 May 2008 15:39:27 +0000 http://www.technoprimitive.org/wordpress/?p=4317#comment-3823 This post is still not showing a comment though tis here. Let's see if I add one if it will show two... This post is still not showing a comment though tis here. Let’s see if I add one if it will show two…

]]> By: Steve http://www.technoprimitive.org/wordpress/archives/2008/05/13/monday-kind-of-tuesday/#comment-3779 Steve Wed, 14 May 2008 12:01:39 +0000 http://www.technoprimitive.org/wordpress/?p=4317#comment-3779 Yes, the errors have been getting rather numerous. Oh, the joys of admin! We are getting into that now, we have to replace seven servers at work. Three will be Xserves (which ought to be interesting--I know it's easier to setup the Xserves, but they are unfamiliar, so it will be interesting) and four Dells. All of the servers are Quad-core Xenons, and all have (IIRC) four gigs of RAM. Unbelievable--I mean, the amount of computer power these things represent is just awesome. Of course, on the Dell side, the applications that are running on the machines really, really, REALLY need awesome computing power. They are database-intensive programs, and, how should I say this, they are not as elegantly written as the could be. Get my drift? They are slow-ass resource hogs, in other words. So, we are going to throw them a ton more resources and hope they stay in the pen and roll in the mud happily for a few more years. I can guarantee that the people coding the programs will increase their appetite enough to make sure we have to do this all over again in a few years. But for a little while, at least, they should run well. Once we get them up and going on the new machines. I anticipate some fun there, but that is what the summer is for, yes? Fun? As to Tuesday, it went, but it was long. And tiring. Today will be interesting too, I feel sure. All kinds of things to do..... Yes, the errors have been getting rather numerous. Oh, the joys of admin! We are getting into that now, we have to replace seven servers at work. Three will be Xserves (which ought to be interesting–I know it’s easier to setup the Xserves, but they are unfamiliar, so it will be interesting) and four Dells. All of the servers are Quad-core Xenons, and all have (IIRC) four gigs of RAM. Unbelievable–I mean, the amount of computer power these things represent is just awesome. Of course, on the Dell side, the applications that are running on the machines really, really, REALLY need awesome computing power. They are database-intensive programs, and, how should I say this, they are not as elegantly written as the could be. Get my drift? They are slow-ass resource hogs, in other words. So, we are going to throw them a ton more resources and hope they stay in the pen and roll in the mud happily for a few more years. I can guarantee that the people coding the programs will increase their appetite enough to make sure we have to do this all over again in a few years. But for a little while, at least, they should run well. Once we get them up and going on the new machines. I anticipate some fun there, but that is what the summer is for, yes? Fun?

As to Tuesday, it went, but it was long. And tiring. Today will be interesting too, I feel sure. All kinds of things to do…..

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