Hardware

[26-Mar-2007]
More hardware problems:   My OpenVMS box has a reported b-cache error, which brings down the machine. This is the first significant error I've had on this hardware since 2001. (209 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[19-Mar-2007]
New linux box:   I took delivery of a new PC to replace my failed linux box today. After a little shifting of configuration files, the machine is finally up and running, and boy, is it fast. At the price I paid for this, I should buy another one to replace my Windows box... (50 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[03-Mar-2007]
Machine death:   Significant memory errors on my Linux box indicate it's probably time for a hardware upgrade. (164 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[05-Dec-2006]
HP extends last Alpha sale date:   HP announces a six month extension of the last order date for Alpha based systems. (85 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[26-Sep-2005]
Hardware shopping:   I currently have quotes in for a DS25, an ES80, and an EVA 8000. I'm a little busy hardware-wise...... (19 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[01-Aug-2005]
GS160s (finally) under test:   The AlphaServer GS160s that I freed up by moving the cluster that was hosted on them onto some brand spanking new GS1280s have now been reconfigured and replumbed into the SAN. Today, I booted them off a copy of the production cluster's system disk, and finally got UETP running on them. This time I don't have the luxury of a couple of switches I could just unplug from the rest of the network, so they are testing without network access. However, I know that the ports work from the previous installation, and I am more interested in stressing out the PCI cards that we moved around. (107 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[22-Jul-2005]
Reconfiguring the GS160s:   Today, the GS160s that were freed up by the GS1280 cutover were reconfigured for the GS140 replacement. The two GS160s are being partitioned into three nodes each, and we will do a similar cutover to replace six GS140s that currently make up the "Production" cluster. (64 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[19-Jul-2005]
GS1280 performance:   Early indictions of a reasonable performance increase due to the new AlphaServers are starting to become apparent. (93 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[24-Jun-2005]
GS1280s under test:   After a little bit of screwing around with disks on the SAN, I now have the GS1280s configured as they will be when they replace the GS160s in the data warehouse. (146 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

[21-Jun-2005]
New GS1280s arrive:   Today we took delivery of two brand new AlphaServer GS1280s. They've been rolled onto the main floor and cabled in, and tomorrow we will have HP come on in to rearrange some PCI cards and power up the boxes. Hopefully by this time tomorrow they will be running UETP. (86 words, 0 comments, 0 pings)

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