"Mike Labosh" wrote:

> I work for a huge multinational corporation.  After many hours of mysterious
> downtime playing Doom and Age of Empires corporate-wide, I just got this
> email from the MIS Suits. [my comments in square brackets]:
>
> <email>
> At approximately 2:00pm this afternoon an electrical breaker in the Horsham
> Data Center tripped and caused a number of servers to lose power.  The
> servers that were affected are listed below.  All of these systems are
> currently back on line and working properly.  We have contacted the
> electrical vendor to evaluate the problem and provide a remediation plan.
> In the meantime, steps have been taken to reduce the load on the circuit and
> prevent a secondary issue.
>
> The servers that were affected are...
>
> HORITSRV01 [THE domain controller in North America]
> HORWEB01    [THE IIS box that holds all our "mission critical" applications
> & VSS]
> HORLTS01    [I dunno]
> FINWEB_02    [Where everyone in North America enters their timesheets]
> HORSAS01    [THE SAS server.  mission critical.]
> HORAV01        [Stupid corporate McAfee push-install server.  Good Riddance]
> HORACTOL    [I dunno]
> HORNWS01    [THE dns server for North America]
> HORBB01        [I dunno]
> HORSQL01    [Big Momma SQL Server]
> HORSQL02    [Other Big Momma SQL Server]
> HOROWA01    [Outlook Web Access for everyone (not just north america)]
>
> If you continue to experience any issues with these servers, or any other
> systems, please call the IT Helpdesk and we will assist you.
> </email>
>
>
> People, people, this is why high end IBM, Dell and Compaq servers come with
> multiple power supplies.  Not just so if one of them fries itself you still
> have two more in the box, but so you can PLUG THEM IN TO DIFFERENT CIRCUITS!
>
> Make sure all your respective bosses and MIS clowns all see a copy of this.
> DO NOT let this happen to you.  (or your 85 million records...or your
> Corporate-Wide Visual SourceSafe)
> --
> Peace & happy computing,
>
> Mike Labosh, MCSD
>
> "Mr. McKittrick, after very careful consideration, I have
> come to the conclusion that this new system SUCKS."
> -- General Barringer, "War Games"
>
>
>

"Mike Labosh" <mlab***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Oc7xeDdfFHA.2152@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> I work for a huge multinational corporation.  After many hours of
mysterious
> downtime playing Doom and Age of Empires corporate-wide, I just got this
> email from the MIS Suits. [my comments in square brackets]:
>
> <email>
> At approximately 2:00pm this afternoon an electrical breaker in the
Horsham
> Data Center tripped and caused a number of servers to lose power.  The
> servers that were affected are listed below.  All of these systems are
> currently back on line and working properly.  We have contacted the
> electrical vendor to evaluate the problem and provide a remediation plan.
> In the meantime, steps have been taken to reduce the load on the circuit
and
> prevent a secondary issue.
>
> The servers that were affected are...
>
> HORITSRV01 [THE domain controller in North America]
> HORWEB01    [THE IIS box that holds all our "mission critical"
applications
> & VSS]
> HORLTS01    [I dunno]
> FINWEB_02    [Where everyone in North America enters their timesheets]
> HORSAS01    [THE SAS server.  mission critical.]
> HORAV01        [Stupid corporate McAfee push-install server.  Good
Riddance]
> HORACTOL    [I dunno]
> HORNWS01    [THE dns server for North America]
> HORBB01        [I dunno]
> HORSQL01    [Big Momma SQL Server]
> HORSQL02    [Other Big Momma SQL Server]
> HOROWA01    [Outlook Web Access for everyone (not just north america)]
>
> If you continue to experience any issues with these servers, or any other
> systems, please call the IT Helpdesk and we will assist you.
> </email>
>
>
> People, people, this is why high end IBM, Dell and Compaq servers come
with
> multiple power supplies.  Not just so if one of them fries itself you
still
> have two more in the box, but so you can PLUG THEM IN TO DIFFERENT
CIRCUITS!
>
> Make sure all your respective bosses and MIS clowns all see a copy of
this.
> DO NOT let this happen to you.  (or your 85 million records...or your
> Corporate-Wide Visual SourceSafe)
> --
> Peace & happy computing,
>
> Mike Labosh, MCSD
>
> "Mr. McKittrick, after very careful consideration, I have
> come to the conclusion that this new system SUCKS."
> -- General Barringer, "War Games"
>
>