On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:47:27 -0800, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Heh, a couple weeks ago, I wished I could have gotten out at 7:20.
> 
> Last time we had a catastrophic server failure, I was the only one with
> a copy of the software already installed, so it was a red-eye flight at
> 2AM with a sparcstation in my carry-on backpack, flying cross country to
> a locked down machine room the size of a couple football fields in the
> middle of Bumfork, Ohio, for 72 hours of awakeness keeping it running
> until a new one showed up.

Oh fun. :-)

I've done 30-40 hours of continuously being awake when I was in IT, after 
a while it becomes fun.  But I'm glad I didn't have to drive home. :-)

I was teaching a class in NYC a few years ago, and one of the students 
had to remotely build a server starting one night during class; he didn't 
get in until noon, and he had a few choice words about the person who 
decided that upgrading the system while he was out was a good idea.

The server was located somewhere in the central US, where he flew from to 
take the class.  I imagine there were words about the travel expense 
being diminished because of the idiot who decided to upgrade the system.

Jim

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