Today I did some useful stuff…<\/p>\n
First I set up the notification of ludost.net’s nagios <\/a>, now it notifies for some of the machines (especially for Vlaqk, to see what’s happening with his), and soon, after I add the DNS testst, I’ll announce it in BGNOG, to see how many people would like to use it.<\/p>\n After that in the heat I went to finish the last things of the core database server stuff – I told heartbeat and drbd to play nice with the database, and to transfer the stuff between the machines… It’s great to run a test suite to talk to the database, to kill the power to one of the machines, and the other to take the job :) What’s left are the tests of some of the really sucky situations (dying of a single cable, memory errors, etc), the configuration of the sensors (in the moment they’re showing 120 degrees C, strange), and then we’ll be syncing with the developers of the application server, to integrate it in the system. In the moment I have hand-written 5 pages of stuff – addresses, behavior, TODO lists… It’s fun :)<\/p>\n Today A-Viper brought 3 SCSI1 disks, to test and choose, and I found in the evening I found out that I haven’t got a SCSI1 cable, and I’ll have to hook them to the alpha (which will be fun) to test them… I’ll probably buy at least two, to have a good enough backup – the one that I’m currently using probably won’t last more that 2-3 years, and I don’t expect to change this machine until I get 100 Mbps internet connection…<\/p>\n I should exercise more in carrying the notebook on long distances, in the last 3 days I’m beat when I reach the server room (the shades on the way help, but not that much). When I got there, the problem is in the heat, but the going back (which is when it’s already dark) I still get tired… I wonder if I can get some side job as a cable guy, to carry cables and to climb roofs :) Only if I had the time…<\/p>\n