captpackrat | Super Overtime!

Had to go into work today to do the long awaited server update. Pulling a pair of 18 Gig drives in RAID1 and replacing them with three 73 Gig drives in RAID5. This will increase network storage by a factor of 10. All for a mere $1100.

When I ordered the extra drive cages from Dell, they didn't bother to tell me I HAD to order a set of screws for each cage because they use funky counterset screws instead of normal screams. So I had to pay 60 cents for the screws and another $5 for postage. WTF? In the mean time, I've got these $300 hard drives hanging by just two screws each. Stupid Dell.

Building the RAID and cloning all the data over has taken me 5-1/2 hours so far, and it's only 50% finished on the clone. Fortunately this is all paid overtime. Cha-CHING!

While I was waiting for the RAID to build, I got started on the other big project I had, configuring a baker's dozen Palm Treo 600's for our service techs and setting them up with this craptastic CRM software. I have no idea if I did it right, because none of the Treos have been activated, so I can't test the software. 2 of the 13 Treos had bad screens. That's not a good success rate.

Fortunately I stopped by 7-11 this morning and bought a Team Gulp of Mt. Dew. 128 ounces of caffeinated goodness. (That's 1 gallon, or 3.8 liters) So I've had a nice caffeine buzz going all day now.

I have tomorrow off, then Monday and Tuesday are going to be more really busy days, as I have to get everyone in both offices switched over to the ISP's new e-mail system. The fun never stops around here!