If the client pays me a shit ton of money to make sure the server won't turn off, and they pay for the hardware to make it happen. I;d think about it. It's a like a colo move on hardmode.
Its extremely stupid, and I would advise not doing it. Hell even when I migrated e911 server, we had a 20 minutes outage to move the physical server. If that server can't be shut off, something was built wrong. On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 9:33 AM Bryan Holloway <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 9/2/20 1:49 PM, Nick Hilliard wrote: > > Shawn L via NANOG wrote on 02/09/2020 12:15: > >> We once moved a 3u server 30 miles between data centers this way. > >> Plug redundant psu into a ups and 2 people carried it out and put > >> them in a vehicle. > > > > hopefully none of these server moves that people have been talking about > > involved spinning disks. If they did, kit damage is one of the likely > > outcomes - you seriously do not want to bump active spindles: > > > > www.google.com/search?q=disk+platter+damage&tbm=isch > > > > SSDs are a different story. In that case it's just a bit odd as to why > > you wouldn't want to power down a system to physically move it - in the > > sense that if your service delivery model can't withstand periodic > > maintenance and loss of availability of individual components, > > rethinking the model might be productive. > > > > Nick > > > > If it's your server, moving beyond (very) local facilities, and time is > not of the essence, then sure: power down. > > If you're law-enforcement mid-raid, or trying to preserve your Frogger > high-score, well, ... > -- Sincerely, Jason W Kuehl Cell 920-419-8983 [email protected]
