on 3/8/2012 9:59 AM Lamar Owen spake the following: > On Thursday, March 08, 2012 12:37:45 PM Scott Silva wrote: >> on 3/8/2012 1:44 AM Jonathan Vomacka spake the following: >>> ROFL >> When you let all the magic smoke out of a server it will usually stop >> working... ;) > > I try to procure ones with redundant magic smoke bottles. > > > Seriously, though, I have had one server, an old Compaq ProLiant, that let > loose a prodigious amount of smoke one day, and kept running. For a while, > at least, until I could get it shutdown safely. It was a large resistor in > one of the two power supplies that let go, and fortunately it didn't cause > other failures. I've seen similar failures with some Cisco catalyst switches > with redundant power; actually have smoke boiling out but kept on running. > > Now, on a scarier note, I have had redundant UPS battery packs give it up, > and not even throw an alarm, but fill the room with the distinctive aroma of > hydrogen sulfide. I have hydrogen alarms available, but has anyone seen an > H2S alarm? http://www.allgasdetectors.com/hydrogensulfidedetectors.shtml
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