Scheduled Maintainance - July 8

[Bottiger]

One of our hosts sent this email.

During a routine check, we found that a powerbar in one of our racks might fail in the near future. This could potentially cause an unintended power downtime or power fluctuation that could damage the PSU of servers connected to this powerbar. We therefore decided to replace this powerbar in a emergency maintenance window on 8th of July after 8:00 PM CEST.

We have found that your service will not lose power at the schedule maintenance of 8th of July after 8:00 PM CEST , but these services might lose network connectivity for up to 15 minutes.

When

July 8th

6:00-6:15 PM GMT
2:00-2:15 PM EDT
1:00-1:15 PM CDT


Maps Affected
Bottiger's 24/7 Idle 46.21.154.178:27015
TRADE | US 2 46.21.154.179:27015
GOLDRUSH+ | Chicago 46.21.154.180:27015
BADWATER | Chicago 1 46.21.154.181:27015
TURBINE+ | Chicago 46.21.154.182:27015
DEGROOT+ | Chicago 46.21.154.183:27015
2FORT | Chicago 46.21.154.184:27015
EGYPT+ | Chicago 46.21.154.185:27015
ORANGE 100% Crits Low Gravity+ | US 46.21.154.186:27015
5GORGE | Chicago 46.21.154.187:27015
GRAVELPIT | Chicago 46.21.154.188:27015
HIGHTOWER+ | Chicago 46.21.154.189:27015
BADWATER | Chicago 2 46.21.154.190:27015

 

[Faron]

Mountlain nor dustbowl affected, 'sal good.

 

[JosieWoman125]

I'm surprised it's mostly Chicago.

 

[Giildy]

:(

 

[Dave the Manly]

Bott's idle is gonna be down for 15 minutes? HELL no!

 

[JonJon]

FUCKING SUCKS!

 

[Raccoon99]

Aw, Degroot is going to be down!

 

[Sharkey]

What does "might" lose network connectivity mean? Either it will or it won't, I'd think they would know or be able to check.

 

[Ceubie]

Spy sappin' my servers!

 

[KinCryos]

for a second I thought they were saying that someone stuck one of these in the hardware:

I literally read the first sentence as "During a routine check, we found that a powerbar was in one of our…"

 

[Bottiger]

 

[Ceubie]

Why does that look so delicious?

 

[xorinzor]

if they'd had 2 PSU's in their servers they wouldn't have downtime at all, too bad :(

 

[Sharkey]

if they'd had 2 PSU's in their servers they wouldn't have downtime at all, too bad :(

Cost:Benefit

 

[xorinzor]

Cost:Benefit

Doubt the costs will increase that much, a 2nd PSU doesn't means the server will actually use twice as much, it just makes the PSU redundant for the other one to take over in case of failure

 

[Sharkey]

Doubt the costs will increase that much, a 2nd PSU doesn't means the server will actually use twice as much, it just makes the PSU redundant for the other one to take over in case of failure

Hardware is not free, if it is, I've been doing something wrong.

 

[Sir Gooch P Tigglington]

if they'd had 2 PSU's in their servers they wouldn't have downtime at all, too bad :(

They actually do have 2 PSUs, see here:

We have found that your service will not lose power at the schedule maintenance

They will probably unbolt the PDU from the rack, keep everything plugged in to it, bolt the new one to the rack, and then move power cables one at a time.

I've done this before for my clients who have servers in the datacenter here in San Diego and it works fine as long as you're sure one of your PSUs hasn't taken a shit. Simply unplugging the remaining good PSU is a very bad way to find out. lol

 

[Sir Gooch P Tigglington]

Hardware is not free, if it is, I've been doing something wrong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_hardware

 

[Sharkey]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_hardware

First, good luck with that. Second, you still have to buy the parts.

 

[Sir Gooch P Tigglington]

First, good luck with that. Second, you still have to buy the parts.

To each his own