Remember the Sherlock Holmes short story about the dog that didn’t bark? Read on. A few days ago I booted a seldom-used workstation so that I could run an infrequently-used app. It went through the POST, but hung after that, with a blinking underscore cursor in the upper left … [Read more...]
Synology 1812+ failure, part 2
As luck would have it, the NAS that died was the main file server, the most complicated one to test and restore. Backups were performed to other devices from it, and it was the main target for workstation backup. There was a secondary target to keep errors from propagating, but I … [Read more...]
Synology 1812+ failure
On Friday, after the new server arrived, I went into the server room to scout out a place to put it. I noticed that my main Network Attached Storage (NAS) box, a Synology 1812+, was bleating piteously. I checked out the lights. Across the top, one blinking amber, and the rest … [Read more...]
Dell PowerEdge R420 OOBE
In the previous post I reported on the difficulty in actually getting my hands on the server. Once it was firmly in my possession, unpacking and setup was a piece of cake, at least in the early going. These powerful 1U servers are really dense, and it’s a surprise to pick up such … [Read more...]
Underpromise, misdeliver
There’s a Silicon Valley saying: “Underpromise and overdeliver.” The presumption is that it’s much better if your customer has lowered expectations early on than to disappoint. My experience with Dell has provided a twist on the old adage. A few weeks ago I decided to replace … [Read more...]
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