21 Nov
2008
21 Nov
'08
12:59 p.m.
Hi,
There appears to be a widespread aircon failure in Telehouse
Docklands where all of Bitfolk's servers are hosted. At least two
suites are affected, with ambient temperature now over 38 degrees C.
This has been reported upstream of course and I will let you know
when I have more information.
If it gets much worse it may become necessary to shut things down
to prevent damage. I hope it will not come to that.
Cheers,
Andy
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21 Nov
21 Nov
1:20 p.m.
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:59:58PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
This has been reported upstream of course and I will
let you know
when I have more information.
"Word from TH Ops is that the problem has been fixed but they're
having to poke each aircon individually to restart it"
Temps still about 40 ambient, whole facility affected apparently.
Cheers,
Andy
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1:50 p.m.
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 01:20:50PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
Temps still about 40 ambient, whole facility affected
apparently.
obstler's RAID controller shut off its write cache at approximately
13:10 GMT due to battery temperature being critical. As a result,
disk I/O for all VPSes on obstler has been seriously impacted.
http://tools.bitfolk.com/cacti/graph_1115.html
Cheers,
Andy
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4:03 p.m.
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 01:50:37PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
obstler's RAID controller shut off its write cache
at approximately
13:10 GMT due to battery temperature being critical. As a result,
disk I/O for all VPSes on obstler has been seriously impacted.
http://tools.bitfolk.com/cacti/graph_1115.html
Write cache enabled again at about 14:10 GMT. Temperatures are
approaching normal now.
Nothing ended up getting shut down but there is some concern over
shortened lifespan. I have one machine worth of spare parts.
Cheers,
Andy
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22 Nov
22 Nov
10:24 a.m.
Andy Smith wrote:
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 01:20:50PM +0000, Andy Smith
wrote:
Has anyone had an official response on why this went all sorts of wrong?
Nothing's filtered down to me yet.
A
Temps still about 40 ambient, whole facility
affected apparently.
obstler's RAID controller shut off its write cache at approximately
13:10 GMT due to battery temperature being critical. As a result,
disk I/O for all VPSes on obstler has been seriously impacted.
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