Comments on: Hot Plug and How to Defeat It http://etbe.coker.com.au/2008/02/17/hot-plug-and-how-to-defeat-it/ Linux, politics, and other interesting things Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:09:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: etbe http://etbe.coker.com.au/2008/02/17/hot-plug-and-how-to-defeat-it/comment-page-1/#comment-12279 etbe Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:47:16 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/2008/02/17/hot-plug-and-how-to-defeat-it/#comment-12279 Jaakko: I realise the quantity of equipment without redundant PSUs. My claim is that people are unlikely to purchase such cheap servers and then purchase expensive equipment (and pay electricians) to move it. As for network gear, it generally boots quickly so a significant amount of the down-time taken for a move is likely to be moving the network connections. Jaakko: I realise the quantity of equipment without redundant PSUs. My claim is that people are unlikely to purchase such cheap servers and then purchase expensive equipment (and pay electricians) to move it. As for network gear, it generally boots quickly so a significant amount of the down-time taken for a move is likely to be moving the network connections.

]]> By: Jaakko Niemi http://etbe.coker.com.au/2008/02/17/hot-plug-and-how-to-defeat-it/comment-page-1/#comment-12273 Jaakko Niemi Sun, 17 Feb 2008 02:40:49 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/2008/02/17/hot-plug-and-how-to-defeat-it/#comment-12273 A lot of network gear and low end servers have only one PSU. You'd be suprised how many. There are people who consider network gear as nuisance. A lot of network gear and low end servers have only one PSU.

You’d be suprised how many. There are people who consider network gear as nuisance.

]]> By: etbe http://etbe.coker.com.au/2008/02/17/hot-plug-and-how-to-defeat-it/comment-page-1/#comment-12270 etbe Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:31:03 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/2008/02/17/hot-plug-and-how-to-defeat-it/#comment-12270 Matthew: I didn't view the videos, just read the text. I generally avoid videos as they always seem to be in painful and annoying formats and the content is never as clear or easy to quote as text. Matthew: I didn’t view the videos, just read the text. I generally avoid videos as they always seem to be in painful and annoying formats and the content is never as clear or easy to quote as text.

]]> By: Matthew W. S. Bell http://etbe.coker.com.au/2008/02/17/hot-plug-and-how-to-defeat-it/comment-page-1/#comment-12265 Matthew W. S. Bell Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:36:55 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/2008/02/17/hot-plug-and-how-to-defeat-it/#comment-12265 Er, I looked at the videos on the website, and the method you described is not referenced at all... Er, I looked at the videos on the website, and the method you described is not referenced at all…

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