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Matt Lebofsky Send message Joined: 1 Mar 99 Posts: 1444 Credit: 957,058 RAC: 0 |
End of the month update. I've been actually gone for most of it, but there hasn't been too many noticeable problems or major issues, right? Well, this weekend we had yet another signal table run out of extents. I went through the usual grind this morning to create new database spaces and got things rolling again by noon (local time). You may have noticed a dearth of work overnight, but we're back to full production now. The newer servers (georgem and paddym) continue to get configured, assembled, and put into action. It's still unclear, but becoming ever more likely, that paddym will become the new science database server, and oscar will then become the compute server paddym was originally intended for. By the way, one drive failed on carolyn over the weekend and the hardware RAID gracefully handled it without user intervention. Yay! A RAID configuration that actually did what it's supposed to! Otherwise, things have been fairly light in server-land. I'm mostly working on data cleaning, analysis code, and other non-server development lately hence not much to report. I should mention the GPU User's Group still continues to spoil us - here's a pic of my desktop at the moment, complete with new 24" monitor and ergonomic keyboard: - 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 |
Claggy Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4654 Credit: 47,537,079 RAC: 4 |
Thanks for the update Matt, welcome back, Claggy |
.clair. Send message Joined: 4 Nov 04 Posts: 1300 Credit: 55,390,408 RAC: 69 |
Thanks for the update on a not to busy month. What is the desktop background picture you are using ? Or is it a contender for the `Mystery photo game` :¬) |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
Now you really need a monitor stand! ;-) |
arkayn Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 4438 Credit: 55,006,323 RAC: 0 |
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soft^spirit Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 6497 Credit: 34,134,168 RAC: 0 |
what is that strange Black device with the buttons on the left front corner of the desk? ;) Janice |
Slavac Send message Joined: 27 Apr 11 Posts: 1932 Credit: 17,952,639 RAC: 0 |
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22492 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Now you really need a monitor stand! ;-) So that's where my monitor stand went ;-) Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Dimly Lit Lightbulb 😀 Send message Joined: 30 Aug 08 Posts: 15399 Credit: 7,423,413 RAC: 1 |
what is that strange Black device with the buttons on the left front corner of the desk? ;) Could be one of those portable jukebox players I've heard so much about :) Member of the People Encouraging Niceness In Society club. |
Matt Lebofsky Send message Joined: 1 Mar 99 Posts: 1444 Credit: 957,058 RAC: 0 |
what is that strange Black device with the buttons on the left front corner of the desk? ;) Yup. Old school. I even took out the bells to make it quieter (when it rings you hear the buzz of the arm flapping inside, hitting nothing). It still works fine. And I can cradle it on my shoulder while typing, unlike my cell phone. And it sounds better than my cell phone. And it gets reception at the lab, unlike my cell phone. - 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 |
Matt Lebofsky Send message Joined: 1 Mar 99 Posts: 1444 Credit: 957,058 RAC: 0 |
What is the desktop background picture you are using ? A picture I took during one of many hikes over the years in the Escalante National Monument in southern Utah. That's Steven's Arch, I think the 4th largest natural arch in the country (over 200 feet across), which I am scrambling up towards from the river below, and will ultimately reach and stand inside. Here's a small version of that pic: And here is pretty close to the actual spot in google maps. - 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 |
.clair. Send message Joined: 4 Nov 04 Posts: 1300 Credit: 55,390,408 RAC: 69 |
Thanks for the photo and place name, a nice pice of geology :¬) |
DJStarfox Send message Joined: 23 May 01 Posts: 1066 Credit: 1,226,053 RAC: 2 |
The old-fashioned phone and digital answering machine are quite nostalgic. :) |
DJStarfox Send message Joined: 23 May 01 Posts: 1066 Credit: 1,226,053 RAC: 2 |
What is the desktop background picture you are using ? That reminds me of Arches National Park--another great place to check out if you haven't yet. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
what is that strange Black device with the buttons on the left front corner of the desk? ;) I'm surprised a big institution like Berkeley hasn't gone to VoIP phones yet. (Not displeased, just surprised.) David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Tom95134 Send message Joined: 27 Nov 01 Posts: 216 Credit: 3,790,200 RAC: 0 |
what is that strange Black device with the buttons on the left front corner of the desk? ;) How is it that nobody recognizes an "ameche" when they see one? |
Tom95134 Send message Joined: 27 Nov 01 Posts: 216 Credit: 3,790,200 RAC: 0 |
Why? Is there any advantage when you consider the environment? Besides, you have to consider the cost of changing out all the telephones and the new system that would be required in a big institution. |
Tom95134 Send message Joined: 27 Nov 01 Posts: 216 Credit: 3,790,200 RAC: 0 |
Matt, The one thing I want to know is how can you work in the midst of all that neatness? |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
I'm surprised a big institution like Berkeley hasn't gone to VoIP phones yet. (Not displeased, just surprised.) The phones are expensive, but they already have the network in place and VoIP costs nothing for internal calls (whereas I believe that even if you call the guy at the next desk by just his last 4 (5, whatever) digits on a conventional phone, Ma Bell's child of the week still gets a penny or three. OTOH, you need really big UPSes on the power supplies for the VoIP phones or they don't work if the power goes out. I suppose that might be a major consideration in earthquake country. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Hey Matt, Be sure to let us know right away if you change out the download server. Some of us have specified either (xx.xx.xx).13 or .18, whichever works better for us, and we'll need to change it or delete the entry if you put downloads on a different ip address. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
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