IRC log for #gllug on 20080723

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06:57.52bilarhdamn server room air con has packed in again
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08:22.39halihm, no redundancy?
08:23.00bilarhhuh?
08:23.13bilarhoh i was thinking "have i been fired" there for a second
08:23.13halifor the air con units
08:23.16bilarhno
08:23.20bilarhwe've got three
08:23.26bilarhand if one fails it goes up to about 30 degrees
08:23.39halinot redundant enough then :)
08:23.48haliwe have four units and go up 2C if one goes down
08:23.51bilarhwe've been campaigning to have it changed for a year, but then we're moving offices
08:23.56halibut we don't have much kit tho
08:24.10haliah yes, moved yet?
08:24.26bilarh22nd of august
08:24.42bilarhit's all our damn disks and 1750's
08:26.04haliwe used to get hotspots where we stacked loads of 1950's but sorted now when i've rearranged it
08:26.17halispace them out with som v490
08:26.18hali's
08:26.34bilarhwe're finally getting rid of our last sun as well :D
08:26.38bilarhon the 21st of August, incidentally
08:26.45bilarhsorry, our two last suns
08:26.47bilarhan ultra-10 :D
08:26.50bilarhand a v880
08:27.04halisad
08:27.18halii've refurbished some v880's and they are really really nice machines
08:27.30haliand they have GREAT disk io :)
08:27.32bilarhthis one is fully loaded as well
08:27.36halias long as you don't use SVM
08:27.51halii have an 8-disk ZFS pool and we get over 100MB/s from it
08:27.52bilarhall i'm saying is, our NFS performance is vastly better with our linux servers than with the old v880
08:28.05bilarhthe network on the v880 sucks
08:28.24bilarhwe only get ~200-300 mbit through it
08:28.26halihaven't tried hardcore nfs from ours, most are sybase server
08:28.31bilarhno matter how many interfaces we transfer across
08:28.57haliwhats the speeds from the linux boxen?
08:29.12halii've never seen over 500mbit from a linuxbox over NFS
08:29.21bilarhwe get about 500mbit
08:29.43haliand i don't trust linux' nfs server implementation
08:29.51halisolaris feels so much more solid
08:29.55haliand netapp obviously
08:29.59bilarhbut we can read multiple streams at that speed
08:30.09bilarhit works pretty well for us, to be honest
08:30.12bilarhnfs with heartbeat
08:30.21haligood
08:30.34bilarhof course, it's no good for oracle
08:30.48bilarhour new oracle solution is coming online this weekend
08:31.07bilarhtwo 1950's with an lsi disk pack
08:31.15bilarh20tb with raid-10
08:31.33haliblimey, lots of disk and small boxes :)
08:31.38bilarhbut most of it is external files, as usual :)
08:31.45bilarhwe need space more than throughput, to be fair :)
08:32.42bilarhwe've cobbled together some kind of oracle solution as well
08:32.46bilarhwithout resorting to rac
08:32.55bilarhshared storage, and then we manually fail over
08:33.05hali'cobbled together' sounds like a great plan for HA :)
08:33.10bilarhso i don't know if it should be called a HA system :)
08:33.23bilarhit hasn't got the same requirements for uptime as our nfs servers
08:33.31bilarhproduction doesn't stop with oracle going down, luckily
08:33.54bilarhthe best bit is
08:34.10bilarhwe're running oracle 10.2.x *and* 8.1.7_r
08:34.13bilarhon the same box
08:34.20DiscordianUKerrk
08:34.25bilarhour great application works with 8.1.7_r only
08:34.40DiscordianUKThat's kinda old
08:34.45bilarhno kidding? :)
08:35.15bilarhi was surprised it was actually possible to use 10g and 8i with the same listener
08:35.30halii don't think that's supported :)
08:35.43halii would run two listener of different ips or ports
08:35.43bilarhit is i think
08:35.55bilarhit says in the docs it's ok as long as you run with the listener of the later database
08:36.00haliit's usually one version backwards compatability
08:36.10halibut if it works it works :)
08:36.21bilarhyeah, we're kind of stuck with 8.1.7_r for now anyway
08:36.34bilarhthere's a new version of our stuff coming out soon that supports 10g, i hear
08:36.41bilarhso hopefully we can upgrade in the not too distant future
09:08.17wethrinGrr. Mailing list still broken
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11:04.38halihm, phone network seems pooped in the city
11:04.46halimobile that is
11:05.44boudiccashali; someone pooped in your mobile? gross!!!
11:10.38bilarhsomeone once puked on the saddle on my cycle... i thought that was pretty gross, but poop on a mobile :S
11:12.31halii once saw bilarh puke over just about everything
11:12.44haliafter we forced down 5 tequila shots in him
11:12.47bilarhnot my own saddle, though
11:12.49halino
11:13.15halii was especially amused when your mother asked if you needed to go to the hospital :-)
11:13.36bilarhknows someone who should shush about bilarh's drinking escapades, lest bilarh retells 18th birthday stories ;-)
11:13.49haliyes, those were the days
11:14.01bilarhindeed
11:14.04bilarhdamn i feel old
11:14.28haliwell, we could talk about the last time you watched a sweden-england fotball game :)
11:14.32halithat wasn't too long ago
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11:17.44bilarhahem :)
11:17.51bilarhmy drinks were spiked :D
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11:58.51bilarhhmm
11:58.57bilarhi'm thinking of actually going to the doctors
11:59.49bilarhi've had this chest pain in just to the left right of my solar plexus for about two-three weeks now
12:00.09dick_turpinbilarh: More like the Vet's
12:00.32bilarhmaybe they could put me down :)
12:00.43dick_turpinbilarh: I'll pay!
12:00.52boudiccasdick_turpin; we dont have vets hospitals here like they do in the states, they're teh vets administration really do seem to help out the vets
12:01.16dick_turpinboudiccas: You silly moo vets as in animals
12:01.31Shevek31337bilarh, Are you pregnant?
12:01.39dick_turpinlol
12:01.42bilarhshevek: no i had my period last week
12:01.49boudiccasdick_turpin; ah, well it wasnt plain in your original comment :(
12:02.28dick_turpinplus you normally you need to have sex to get pregnant bilarh is a bit short in that area :-P
12:02.53bilarhhrm
12:03.02bilarhseriously though, it hurts when i stretch
12:03.06bilarhlie on my side or tummy
12:03.10boudiccasdick_turpin; theres a joke there but i'm not following it up
12:03.14bilarhwhich sucks, because i like sleeping on my tummy, but i can't do it anymore :)
12:03.25dick_turpinbilarh: Then don't do it you muppet
12:03.40dick_turpinboudiccas: Spoil sport
12:04.09boudiccasi do have /some/ sensibilities
12:04.46bilarhif i cracked a rib, would that cause symptoms like this?
12:04.48dick_turpinsearches the attic and cellar for boudiccas's sensibilities
12:04.53bilarhalternatively, is there any cartelage between ribs?
12:05.00bilarhor something like that?
12:05.11boudiccasbilarh; muscles
12:05.16bilarharse..
12:05.25boudiccasno, wrong part of the body
12:05.42bilarhso it's possibly that i might have damaged a muscle attachment thingy?
12:05.45boudiccasif you're arse is bewteen you're ribs then you're really stuffed
12:05.51bilarhsee i think i got it from being elbowed in the chest about 100 times
12:06.02bilarhwhich was dumb, but seemed necessary at the time
12:06.03dick_turpinbilarh: Go to the Chemist get 500g of Ibuprophen (If you can) take that for a day or so you'll be fine
12:06.06boudiccassounds like you've got bruised ribs then
12:06.16bilarhfor three weeks?
12:06.26boudiccas500 milligrammes.
12:06.33dick_turpinboudiccas: You've torn the cartlidge in your sternum
12:06.51boudiccasi havent torn anything dick_turpin i'm careful when i have sex :)
12:06.59dick_turpinboudiccas: Bum that was for bilarh
12:07.15dick_turpinbilarh: You've torn your sturnem
12:07.23dick_turpinsternum
12:07.28dick_turpinbloddy hell
12:07.33dick_turpinbloody hell
12:07.34boudiccasfirst spelling right, second one wrong
12:07.44dick_turpinI give up
12:07.49bilarhah that's the bone i was thinking of actually
12:08.01boudiccasif you've fractured you're sternum you'd be in agony i can tell you
12:08.18dick_turpinbilarh: I did the same thing about 8 years ago, thought I was having a heart attack
12:08.18boudiccasits bad enough when you crack a rib
12:08.39bilarhthis picture looks strangely erotic: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Gray116.png/250px-Gray116.png
12:09.03dick_turpinbilarh: Got put on a heart monitor and everything, spent hours in A&E
12:09.16bilarhit gets better....  "Its average length in the adult is about 17 cm, and is rather longer in the male than in the female." :D
12:10.01dick_turpinpokes bilarh in the sternum
12:24.33zaargdell is selling a 27-inch monitor for under £400?
12:24.36zaarggee
13:44.21bilarhI feel like buying this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150271837084&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=005
13:44.58bilarhbusted head gasket, allegedly :)
13:46.20dick_turpinbilarh: That'll match your busted sternum then
13:46.25bilarhhehe :)
13:46.41bilarhmaybe when i'm at home off work recovering, i can fix the head gasket as well :)
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14:54.51Leedssomeone fancy doing me a quick favour?
14:59.09boudiccasLeeds; ask and we shall see
15:00.05Leedstrying to test SIP on my mobile
15:00.35boudiccasand so?
15:00.54boudiccasadmits she doesn't know what SIP is
15:01.00Leedsin other words, calling the London number which should get delivered to my HK mobile
15:01.40boudiccasah, so you would like me to ring your london number to see if it is actually transferred? is that right?
15:04.08LeedsI did - I got a couple of people from #lugradio to call me :-)
15:04.24Leedsit's not ideal, but it's pretty cool to have my mobile ring for a VoIP call
15:05.02boudiccasah fair enough :)
15:40.47Leedsthe expert in that sort of thing is rhowe, who was running his own virtual global phone network before I even left the UK...
15:41.52Leedsin the meantime, there are benefits as well as downsides to having a large cultural gap with one's girlfriend - she's currently watching E.T. for the first time and enjoying it :-)
15:42.10wethrinis that a benefit or a downside? :)
15:45.19Leedsa benefit - I get to plan on IRC and with SIP while she's watching it
15:46.44wethrinah :)
15:46.50wethrinGeek :-P
15:49.07Leedsyes
15:49.33Leedsto be fair, she did kick me off my machine when we got in from dinner so she could check her facebook :-)
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20:59.39DiscordianUKlo
20:59.50steve___1hallo?
21:00.05steve___1hmm
21:00.12steve___1where did the mailing list go?
21:00.21DiscordianUKI saw mail earlier
21:00.26steve___1oh really?
21:00.38steve___1well, I put my account in suspend a while back
21:00.54steve___1and then I went here to turn it back on...
21:01.06steve___1http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug
21:01.10DiscordianUKmight be best to turn it back on
21:01.19steve___1try the URL...
21:02.37DiscordianUKhttp://gllug.org.uk/index.php?/archives/3-Online-Discussions.html
21:02.45DiscordianUKTime moves on
21:03.46steve___1I'm not sure how that helps.
21:03.57steve___1THat page has a link to the same URL
21:04.12steve___1http://www.gllug.org.uk/
21:04.15steve___1is broken too.
21:04.34steve___1oh well.
21:04.52DiscordianUKit is?
21:05.05steve___1yep :(
21:05.12steve___1Not Found
21:05.14steve___1The requested URL / was not found on this server.
21:05.15DiscordianUKnpt from here
21:05.18steve___1:/
21:05.18DiscordianUKnot
21:05.26steve___1odd
21:05.39steve___1what IP does www.gllug.org.uk resolve to for you?
21:06.00steve___1or cname
21:06.02steve___1I get
21:06.10steve___1www.gllug.org.uk is an alias for www.gllug.ukfsn.org.
21:06.10steve___1www.gllug.ukfsn.org has address 77.75.108.9
21:06.16jpdssteve___1: I think the air con in the server room has failed again.
21:06.18DiscordianUK<PROTECTED>
21:06.56steve___1oh
21:06.56jpds"07:57:52 < ~bilarh> damn server room air con has packed in again" from today.
21:07.02DiscordianUKthe server seems to be live here
21:07.05steve___1that sucks
21:07.20steve___1well, I have to say, it wasn't working on Monday either...
21:07.32jpds(I think)
21:08.27DiscordianUKhowever the archives do appear offline
21:09.13steve___1http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug
21:09.17steve___1is definitely shagged.
21:09.32steve___1Well, in the interim, can an admin switch my account back on?
21:09.40DiscordianUKPatience becomes reality
21:09.52DiscordianUKisn't an admin
21:09.57steve___1oh well
21:10.54DiscordianUKThese u-mans are so impatient
21:13.18steve___1Oh well, I tried :)
21:13.42DiscordianUKI'd wait and retry in 24
21:14.14steve___1ok
21:14.16steve___1cool
21:14.25DiscordianUKif the list server is down you'll not be missing anything
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21:14.50steve___1no I expect not.
21:14.56steve___1okey dokey
21:15.02steve___1ttyl...
21:15.07steve___1thanks.
21:34.29wethrinThe list server's been down for ages now
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22:19.57haliHello
22:20.05haliBar Bluu looks ok
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