[Gllug] best way to update a single production server?

[David L Neil Mailing list a/c]

John Hearns wrote:
> 2009/5/4 j.roberts <j.roberts at stabilys.com>:
>> Andy Millar wrote:
>>
>>> Co-lo for any of the servers mentioned, however, would be anything but
>>> cheap.
>> Quite right - but in part also because they are towers.
> 
> ????
> Turn the thing on its side then. At worst you will have to put it on a shelf.
> 
> For all Supermicro servers you get a rackmount transition kit - which
> basically consists of taking the feet off and bolting on some rails.


Have you been running the machines as towers for any length of time? It 
is generally not recommended to change the orientation of operational 
disk drives!

Regards,
=dn
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