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Feb 13
3:19 pm

File server battery swaps! (Done!)

Posted (February 13th, 2007 at 3:19 pm PST) by Kelly

I need to swap out batteries in three of our file servers. This is to help them maintain the integrity of YOUR data in the event of a power outage, or other hardware failure. These generally take about 3-4 minutes each, during which time none of your data will be lost, but you will also not have access to it. I’m sorry for the short notice, but our file servers also give us very short notice as well!

This will affect the Spacey, Swarthy, and Spunky clusters.

First one complete (spacey): Tue Feb 13 22:29:01 GMT [rc:notice]: The system was down for 183 seconds

Second one complete (swarthy): Tue Feb 13 22:40:12 GMT [rc:notice]: The system was down for 167 seconds

Third and last one complete (spunky): Tue Feb 13 22:46:27 GMT [rc:notice]: The system was down for 156 seconds

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36 Responses to “File server battery swaps! (Done!)”

February 13th, 2007 at 3:39 pmJames Says:

I’m done and patiently waiting…..

February 13th, 2007 at 3:50 pmDan Says:

Hmm… My site is up but I can no longer access my http://FTP. Could this be related?

February 13th, 2007 at 4:08 pmEric Says:

This is proof that repetative tasks become faster as they are done again and again. =)

February 13th, 2007 at 4:40 pmCGH Says:

Somehow this sounds like the beginning of a receptionist joke. “Good afternoon, Spacey, Swarthy and Spunky. How may I neglect your call?”

February 13th, 2007 at 6:36 pmjWag Says:

I have to say that I really appreciate a hosting company that tells you when the SWAP the batteries on their UPS. TU DH.

February 13th, 2007 at 9:06 pmUPS Battery Swap Says:

I doubt they’re swapping out the UPS batteries.

More likely it’s the battery backup in the RAID cards to ensure that any uncommitted data is kept until the disks can be powered back up in the event of failure.

A UPS swap would not likely cause downtime, popping the case to swap out the RAID battery will.

February 13th, 2007 at 9:56 pmwhy Says:

Hey, I’m just happy that my $8 a month hosting company knows what the terms RAID, UPS and Battery mean.

February 14th, 2007 at 12:26 amHumuhumu Says:

Is anyone else having trouble accessing the panel? I can’t get it to load — and I’m having an emergency with my server (it’s in a busted kind of way…). I’m at a loss as to what to do without the panel.

February 14th, 2007 at 12:47 amDale Says:

Humuhumo: I also haven’t been able to get to the panel since 23:30 PST.

February 14th, 2007 at 12:54 amDale Says:

Sorry Humuhum*u*. :-) And it’s back just now.

February 14th, 2007 at 1:22 amuLTraCarL Says:

and it’s gone again :(

February 14th, 2007 at 4:23 amjamiro Says:

grr those outages are to often!

February 14th, 2007 at 6:36 amMK☆ Says:

I don’t think so, jamiro. It’s just that there are a lot of servers, and the ammount of downtime per server is low enough for the price you’re paying for it. ;)

Even tho I’d like to see the panel back up again. :(

February 14th, 2007 at 7:43 amMamaLoca Says:

Argh.

February 14th, 2007 at 7:53 amWhy not? Says:

Submit a ticket. Dont whine here unless you like hearing yourself blather. ;)

February 14th, 2007 at 8:45 amMamaLoca Says:

I’d rather they work on the server than try to answer a bunch of questions. I just showed up to see if I was the only one. Pass the Cheese.

February 14th, 2007 at 10:51 amPJ Says:

I haven’t been able can’t access dreamhost.com or any of my own dreamhost sites today. Actually a lot of US sites have been dead today. I live in Sweden.

February 14th, 2007 at 12:34 pmPooh Says:

Well, maybe it’s Sweden’s connection to the US. Duh!

February 14th, 2007 at 12:53 pmMamaLoca Says:

It’s the Snowstorm, darn global warming.

February 14th, 2007 at 2:07 pmAnte Says:

It isnt the freaking line to Sweeden Pooh, I’m in Washington DC and can’t get the panel to load either.

February 14th, 2007 at 2:37 pmTrista Says:

Have you run a tracerout to see if one the hosts in-between is down?

http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/tracert.ch?ip=panel.dreamhost.com

February 14th, 2007 at 2:46 pmhexapus Says:

Ante, Pooh was complaining about all US sites, not the panel specifically. It’s very well possible a routing issue from his country.

February 14th, 2007 at 9:09 pmwhy Says:

I hate it when that happens.

July 27th, 2007 at 4:44 amevden eve nakliyat Says:

thanx to dreamhost …

October 22nd, 2007 at 7:07 amCsalim Says:

I love dreamhost too! Great hosting, cheap price and good support!

October 25th, 2007 at 10:52 pmBahamut Says:

Great job done! Dreamhost is the best hosting you can find!

May 5th, 2008 at 8:39 pmbatteries Says:

Thank you for this outstanding article.I thought Centrino was the best technology for laptop battery performance.

May 5th, 2008 at 8:40 pmbattery Says:

thanks,Other small improvements in battery life may be gained by the ability to turn off USB ports individually to save power.

May 5th, 2008 at 8:40 pmtool battery Says:

good article，How about not keeping your laptop battery plugged in all the time. Take it out when you are using the power cord.

May 5th, 2008 at 8:41 pmlaptop battery Says:

This is a good article.I think using higher capacity batteries is a good way to go.

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