With redundant power supplies and trunked network interfaces I could do it with zero downtime. But I'm lazy. :)
-- Ryan Ordway E-mail: [email protected] Unix Systems Administrator [email protected] OSU Libraries, Corvallis, OR 97331 Office: Valley Library #4657 On Apr 28, 2010, at 2:30 PM, Joe Hourcle wrote: > On Wed, 28 Apr 2010, Ryan Ordway wrote: > >> I need to move the server that hosts the code4lib.org website into another >> rack to make room for some other equipment, when is a good time to do this? > > You power down machines when moving them? > > Oh, sure, do it the easy way. > > (After waiting 2 months for the university I was working for to approve a > maintenance window, as we had a machine lift and the machine had two power > taps, I ran an extension cord and a long ethernet cable, swapped them in, > pulled the machine as far out of the rack as it'd extend on its rails, > brought the lift up from under it, ejected it from the rails, rolled it out > the way, moved the rails to the new rack, rolled the lift over to the new > place, cranked the lift to the new height, re-ingaged the rails, and then > swapped back to the new rack's power and patch panel. Only ~ 2 min of > downtime, and that was because the switch took 60 sec to test to make sure > there wasn't a loop when you changed connections.) > > > -Joe >
