I just sent this email to All Staff ... which is pretty funny considering it was almost exactly 6yrs ago that we moved our server rack up to it's current location :-)
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Howdy fellow STAFF-mates!
Tuesday July 12th starting at 6pm we're shutting the entire GCC computer network down … assume nothing will work … internet, printing, file access, nada. Why??? Cause we're moving our server rack (seen below) from it's home up in the Tech Office space down to the lower level to the communications room … it's down the back hallway behind the farm and garden patch rooms. Yes, that's 2 levels and NO we don't have an elevator to move a large heavy welded together rack and several hundreds pounds of expensive server gear from our area to the main level :-)
On the plus side we've made this move before, but in the opposite direction back on June 21, 2005 … read about it http://jpowell.blogs.com/jason_powell_church_it/2005/06/a_lift_and_a_wi.html
Why move?? Several years ago we needed easy access to our servers so having them in close proximity to our workspace was necessary. In the past year or 2 we almost never look at them anymore … gotta love the advances in server virtualization and no longer doing tape backups! Now, the bulk of our switching gear is down in the lower level comm room so moving the rack down there will make things easier from a cabling/networking perspective, we also believe the equipment down in it's new home won't require special cooling like it does today thus saving electrical costs. Plus, having the gear on the lower level makes us feel better when there's a tornado warning for our area :)
So there ya have it! We're moving servers around next Tuesday so expect nothing to work :-)
If you have any questions or concerns please let me know ASAP.
Thanks,
Jason … lift with your legs, not with your back … Powell
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