Happy Ides (Mar 15 2007)

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Matt Lebofsky Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project scientist Send message Joined: 1 Mar 99 Posts: 1375 Credit: 74,079 RAC: 0	Message 531794 - Posted: 15 Mar 2007, 23:08:09 UTC
	Let's see. RAID systems... There were a couple of quick "hangs" in the whole system as our Network Appliance rebooted itself as we tried to add new disks. And I was tweaking with the SnapAppliance and purposefully failed the questionable drive that crapped out yesterday. There was a longer outage in the afternoon as we had to reboot kryten again for the usual reasons. This time, though, I fsck'ed the upload directories as Eric spotted some file system corruption yesterday. This took a while, but did get fixed, and everything came up normally. Actually I'm still coaxing the splitters back to life as I type this. Eric just said the fsck cleared up problems we were having sync'ing disks with bruno - so that project is back on track. Maybe next week we'll have a new server in play. A large chunk of my day was spent cleaning up the other lab so I could set up our new Dell 64-bit system. Dave bought this for BOINC development, and it's running Windows Vista. This was my first time playing with the new OS (I'm buried under unix/OS X otherwise all day). Drink machine ate my $1.25. It's its own friendly way of reminding me not to purchase the junk it purveys. - Matt ____________ -- BOINC/SETI@home network/web/science/development person -- "Any idiot can have a good idea. What is hard is to do it." - Jeanne-Claude
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Dr. C.E.T.I. Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 15969 Credit: 625,669 RAC: 239	Message 531802 - Posted: 15 Mar 2007, 23:14:17 UTC - in response to Message 531794.
	Let's see. RAID systems... There were a couple of quick "hangs" in the whole system as our Network Appliance rebooted itself as we tried to add new disks. And I was tweaking with the SnapAppliance and purposefully failed the questionable drive that crapped out yesterday. There was a longer outage in the afternoon as we had to reboot kryten again for the usual reasons. This time, though, I fsck'ed the upload directories as Eric spotted some file system corruption yesterday. This took a while, but did get fixed, and everything came up normally. Actually I'm still coaxing the splitters back to life as I type this. Eric just said the fsck cleared up problems we were having sync'ing disks with bruno - so that project is back on track. Maybe next week we'll have a new server in play. A large chunk of my day was spent cleaning up the other lab so I could set up our new Dell 64-bit system. Dave bought this for BOINC development, and it's running Windows Vista. This was my first time playing with the new OS (I'm buried under unix/OS X otherwise all day). Drink machine ate my $1.25. It's its own friendly way of reminding me not to purchase the junk it purveys. - Matt Thanks Matt ;)
	ID: 531802 ·

ML1 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 7141 Credit: 3,686,736 RAC: 962	Message 531826 - Posted: 15 Mar 2007, 23:43:07 UTC - in response to Message 531794. Last modified: 15 Mar 2007, 23:44:11 UTC
	Drink machine ate my $1.25. It's its own friendly way of reminding me not to purchase the junk it purveys. And to think that you dream of good healthy locally produced food! Reminds me of the scene on the Heart of Gold where all ship's resources were blindly dedicated to vending the perfect cup of tea. Meanwhile... And I won't ask about Vista! Good luck, Martin ____________ Mandriva Linux A user friendly OS! See new freedom Mageia2 The Future is what We make IT (GPLv3)
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Matt Lebofsky Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project scientist Send message Joined: 1 Mar 99 Posts: 1375 Credit: 74,079 RAC: 0	Message 531834 - Posted: 15 Mar 2007, 23:51:50 UTC - in response to Message 531826.
	Drink machine ate my $1.25. It's its own friendly way of reminding me not to purchase the junk it purveys. And to think that you dream of good healthy locally produced food! I was waiting for somebody to call me on that. I work on a hill away from civilization. The closest food source by a longshot are some lame vending machines. Once every 6-12 months I cave and get a treat. So sue me. - Matt ____________ -- BOINC/SETI@home network/web/science/development person -- "Any idiot can have a good idea. What is hard is to do it." - Jeanne-Claude
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ML1 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 7141 Credit: 3,686,736 RAC: 962	Message 531859 - Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 0:22:02 UTC - in response to Message 531834.
	... I cave and get a treat. So sue me. Who's Sue?! ;-) My occasional unhealthy treat is some chocolate. Usually so occasional that the chocolate has gone discloured from repeated temperature cycling! Otherwise, much less occasionally there's a beer or few... :-) Hang in there, Happy hackings, Martin ____________ Mandriva Linux A user friendly OS! See new freedom Mageia2 The Future is what We make IT (GPLv3)
	ID: 531859 ·

Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 11987 Credit: 18,163,204 RAC: 56,097	Message 531862 - Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 0:24:21 UTC - in response to Message 531826.
	And I won't ask about Vista! Good luck, Martin I was kinda waiting for you to jump in on that! ;-) ____________
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n7rfa Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 13 Apr 04 Posts: 370 Credit: 8,969,810 RAC: 1,122	Message 531877 - Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 0:56:42 UTC - in response to Message 531794.
	Let's see. RAID systems... There were a couple of quick "hangs" in the whole system as our Network Appliance rebooted itself as we tried to add new disks. And I was tweaking with the SnapAppliance and purposefully failed the questionable drive that crapped out yesterday. There was a longer outage in the afternoon as we had to reboot kryten again for the usual reasons. This time, though, I fsck'ed the upload directories as Eric spotted some file system corruption yesterday. This took a while, but did get fixed, and everything came up normally. Actually I'm still coaxing the splitters back to life as I type this. Eric just said the fsck cleared up problems we were having sync'ing disks with bruno - so that project is back on track. Maybe next week we'll have a new server in play. A large chunk of my day was spent cleaning up the other lab so I could set up our new Dell 64-bit system. Dave bought this for BOINC development, and it's running Windows Vista. This was my first time playing with the new OS (I'm buried under unix/OS X otherwise all day). Drink machine ate my $1.25. It's its own friendly way of reminding me not to purchase the junk it purveys. - Matt Do you have the ability to use VxVM file systems? VxVM can speed up the 'fsck' time since only changes needs to be sync'd. ____________
	ID: 531877 ·

PhonAcq Send message Joined: 14 Apr 01 Posts: 1620 Credit: 20,884,081 RAC: 4,739	Message 531904 - Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 1:44:33 UTC - in response to Message 531834.
	Do you work near the 'ring' (ALS)? If so, I feel your vending machine pain, having to work there for 24h shifts once. Pretty far from anything, but when I found 'anything' it was 'nothing' much at all. Drink machine ate my $1.25. It's its own friendly way of reminding me not to purchase the junk it purveys. And to think that you dream of good healthy locally produced food! I was waiting for somebody to call me on that. I work on a hill away from civilization. The closest food source by a longshot are some lame vending machines. Once every 6-12 months I cave and get a treat. So sue me. - Matt ____________ May this Farce be with You
	ID: 531904 ·

Misfit Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21680 Credit: 2,443,662 RAC: 0	Message 531910 - Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 1:58:33 UTC
	::pockets $1.25:: hee hee hee hee ____________
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peanut Send message Joined: 1 Feb 07 Posts: 366 Credit: 1,086,413 RAC: 215	Message 531957 - Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 3:32:21 UTC
	I had to post after seeing the vending machine stuff. I put around $5 into those beasts every day. Too lazy to make lunch in the morning, so I eat out of the machines. Perhaps someone should combine the Pink Floyd songs "Money" and "Welcome to the Machine" and make it a vending machine tune.
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Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 22808 Credit: 4,526,693 RAC: 5,566	Message 532180 - Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 14:13:05 UTC - in response to Message 531910.
	::pockets $1.25:: hee hee hee hee Officer it woz im, he just admitted it, throw the book at im! ____________ Damsel Rescuer, Kitty Patron, Raccoon Friend, Uli Fan, Julie Supporter, ES99 Admirer, PETA Member, 1st Childhood
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