No, the maintenance guy shuts off both of our buildings from 3PM to 6PM so we are not drawing any power. This is due to an agreement with our power company, they fax us and call us to tell us what days they will be curtailing power, which is typically on days when it is over 90 degrees outside.
Russ Gowin System Administrator Technology Specialist DeLand-Weldon CUSD #57 304 E. Illinois Route 10 DeLand, IL 61839 217-736-2311 From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Scott Williams Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 10:07 AM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] OT: A question that makes you say "DOH" Yeah 3 hour break doesn't seem like much. My guess he meant 6am. I suggest you just shut off your servers for a couple days. Then he may understand how important they are to stay cool. Scott McKay, Curtis wrote: How much power are they shutting off at 3pm? And it comes back on a 6pm? I'm confused. Curtis McKay Network Administrator Belleville Township High School District 201 cmc...@bths201.org -----Original Message----- From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Russ Gowin Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 9:30 AM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] OT: A question that makes you say "DOH" Yes, he could walk to my office and do it, but even if he did he wouldn't understand. I've explained to him before that we have a lot of time and money invested in the servers and the last thing we want is for them to go down because of heat. Russ Gowin System Administrator Technology Specialist DeLand-Weldon CUSD #57 304 E. Illinois Route 10 DeLand, IL 61839 217-736-2311 -----Original Message----- From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Mike Oliveri Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 9:23 AM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] OT: A question that makes you say "DOH" First, let him walk down there and turn it on. Maybe then he'll realize what a PITA it is. Second, show him how much it would cost to replace burned-out servers and let him compare that to the cost of bringing in central air. Mike On Aug 11, 2010, at 9:20 AM, Russ Gowin wrote: I come in to work this morning and I tell the supt. that the new portable air conditioner in my office works great except that when they curtail our power (shut it off) at 3pm and then turn it back on at 6pm that the A/C unit doesn't come on automatically so whoever turns the power back on will probably have to turn the unit back on. He says to me "You turn it off over the weekend don't you?" I just wanted to smack my head against the wall but I replied and said "No, because all of the servers are in there and they have to stay cool". It has been this way for at least the past 5 or 6 years. The problem this week (and part of next week) is that the maintenance guy who normally turns the power off/on is on vacation until Wednesday so that means the supt. will be flipping the switches and I just know that he won't want to walk to my office and unlock it just to turn my A/C back on. Luckily I still have the window unit in here so I'll just turn off the portable unit and turn on the window unit before I leave, at least until the maintenance guy comes back. I just wish they'd pipe central air over to my office from one of the rooms across the hall. The A/C unit that goes to 2 of those rooms is actually made to cool an entire floor of an office building and it wouldn't take much to run some ductwork to my office. Russ Gowin System Administrator Technology Specialist DeLand-Weldon CUSD #57 304 E. Illinois Route 10 DeLand, IL 61839 217-736-2311 | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | -- Scott R. Williams Fisher School District 801 S . 5th St. Fisher, Il 61843
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