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What Bizarre IT Setups Have You Seen?
MicklePickle wonders: "I was talking to a co-worker the other day about the history of our company, (which shall remain nameless), and he started reminiscing about some of the IT hacks that our company did. Like running 10BaseT down a storm water drain to connect two buildings, using a dripping tap to keep the sewerage U-bend full of water in a computer room, (huh?). And some not so strange ones like running SCSI out to 100m, and running a major financial system on a long forgotten computer
in a cupboard. I know that there must be a plethora of IT hacks around. What are some you've seen?"
I would think that running the water for 5 minutes while using it(exempli grata:to wash greasy face after long day at work) would cost less than leaving it dripping.
But I guess you guys aren't responsible for utility bills and stuff.
Ninjas and pirates. How piquant.
You have it backwards.
The problem is not the low voltage cable - it's that since it's meant for high voltage cable someone could install some later not realizing that there is some low voltage stuff there.
Yes, there really is a code about that - not mixing high and low voltage in the same conduit.
You can, I guess, claim that the conduit is "low voltage". But if it looks like it's for high voltage you might not get away with that.
-Ariel
I'm glad you don't design server rooms I use. You've solved one problem while introducing various others based on a single superstitious belief.
Air conditioners are a common feature in server rooms. The ones used in this context maintain a certain humidity level. If the humidity is too high, there's risk of damage to the hardware, if it's too low it's easier for static to build up, which is bad for the hardware. When the humidity is too high, the air conditioners remove water from the air. This water needs to go somewhere, so a drain is a good choice. If the humidity is too low, they need a supply of water, for which tap water is sufficient.
Drains are also a common feature in server rooms because if water does get in there, they do not want to have the room flooded.
Even worse, I've seen morons trying to use email as a file server.
...There is esmtpverbs control parameter in AD which by default does not play very nice with some other smtp servers(its arguable whose fault is that - every party claims its other party to blame) .Easy enough to deduce: On the one side we have all the other MTAs which, unsurprisingly, are able to communicate well with each other. That leaves, on the other side, one system the odd man out which does not play very nice with the others.
What's wrong with admitting that it's still broken or don't normal rules of any kind apply to that one vendor ?
Beta is broken and the link to classic doesn't work. Stop wasting our time or there won't be anybody left here.