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Ask Slashdot: How To Evacuate a Network

Posted by timothy on from the bring-the-fire-extinguishers dept.

First time accepted submitter gpowers writes "I am the IT Manager for Shambhala Mountain Center, near Red Feather Lakes, Colorado. We are in the pre-evacuation area for the High Park Fire. What is the best way to load 50+ workstations, 6 servers, IP phones, networking gear, printers and wireless equipment into a 17-foot U-Haul? We have limited packing supplies. We also need to spend as much time as possible working with the fire crew on fire risk mitigation."

4 of 331 comments (clear)

  1. Uh... by memoreks · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quickly?

    1. Re:Uh... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

      Surely the firewall should hold out longer than that?

  2. The site by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

  3. Um... by owenferguson · · Score: 5, Funny

    First thought is put half of them in your own car. Then put the other half in the truck and abandon it in the fire's path. Then eBay.