Monthly Archives: January 2013

A tale of two lifts

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Adam Thorn

We’re currently planning a major reorganisation of one of the two main server rooms in the department, and one of the first things we needed to do is put an additional rack into the room. We had a suitable spare … Continue reading →

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Hobbiting

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Adam Thorn

We use a system called Hobbit to monitor all of the computers in the department. (Catherine wrote about this system not too long ago). In fact, that’s what drives this webpage which tells you the current status of all the … Continue reading →

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The end is nearly in sight

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Catherine E. Pitt

Here are some pictures of dexter, the new compute cluster we’ve been in the process of purchasing, installing, and configuring for the last few months. It’s been a long process but we’re now onto final acceptance testing. It belongs to … Continue reading →

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(lack of) Documentation for simple things

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Frank Lee

We don’t usually post technical stuff here – this post has more technical content than most – but I’ve been bothered this week by a complete absence of documentation for doing what ought to be a simple task. When reinstalling … Continue reading →

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