Post AVafsv8wmCfE67MRRA by thorpej@mastodon.sdf.org
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(DIR) Post #APbLkhGiJ1ihKGWXDM by SDF@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-11-14T17:33:19Z
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20 years ago here is a throw back picture from Spring of 2001 and what SDF looked like at the NWLink Datacenter in Bellevue WA.We're the center rack with two Sun SS20s (back to back), a Livingston PM2e and two DEC Alpha AS1200s at the bottom.They later had us move to a rack in the back where we added two more DEC Alpha AS5305sThank you for being a part of this!#history #photo #datacenter #server
(DIR) Post #APbLrrppQ1cq7kMqae by SDF@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-11-14T17:34:36Z
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The hostnames are (top to bottom)sverigenorgenegusesdfotaku
(DIR) Post #APbMyavUmayDfEn2Uy by SDF@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-11-14T17:47:01Z
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The box at the left hand top are DAT tapes! The two AS1200s had DDS3 DAT drives and tapes were labelled: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.The tapes would be automatically ejected after a back up and swapped for the next day's tape.
(DIR) Post #APbNaZ91r6V98tE5PU by futilematic@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-11-14T17:53:46Z
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@SDF This is neat! Where does your old hardware go when it is decommissioned?
(DIR) Post #APbNgV5Bs25eHYGDWC by SDF@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-11-14T17:54:32Z
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@futilematic These machines were all recycled in 2003 as we had moved to API CS20s and HP DS10Ls
(DIR) Post #APbNqLzIXZQEyDCdf6 by SDF@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-11-14T17:56:44Z
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All of these machines started out running NetBSD 1.2 and were at 1.5 when they were recycled in 2003. @netbsd We didn't have stable SMP those days, but #NetBSD devs were working on it with us.
(DIR) Post #APbNt42dihuyBE3gC8 by infovoy@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-11-14T17:57:13Z
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@SDF Ah, the daily DAT swap ritual, carried out while incantating over the cleaning tape and sticking pins in the likenesses of space-hogging power users. I remember it well...
(DIR) Post #APbNtePaUrfGyp4Vxg by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2022-11-14T17:57:17Z
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@SDF There's an art to getting CDs into drives like that.
(DIR) Post #APcWGvXLz8uRXqH3ZY by netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-11-15T07:05:52Z
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@SDF Thank you! Meanwhile, 20 years later, the DEC Alpha gets a gift 😆
(DIR) Post #APcWPNCZ0pdBf6Zquu by netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-11-15T07:07:24Z
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@SDF Thank you! Meanwhile, 20 years later, the DEC Alpha gets a gift 😆
(DIR) Post #APcY4Dv0X1gohKPNOy by SDF@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-11-15T07:26:00Z
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@netbsd Wow! We'll, they're all in storage except for one DS10L which is still in the cabinet but powered off. Thanks for all the help with these @thorpej
(DIR) Post #APdKMXxpXMjxsdX1Ci by Bikurgurl@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-11-15T16:27:02Z
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@jeffhandley In Bellevue, Wa! #pnw #sdf #eastside
(DIR) Post #APeL6EJV7j7vPkPYNk by thorpej@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-11-16T04:10:07Z
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@SDF @netbsd Better late than never I guess? 😂
(DIR) Post #AVafsv8wmCfE67MRRA by thorpej@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-05-12T20:56:46Z
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@SDF @netbsd Be sure to let me know if any of those are suddenly taking up too much storage space. I get up to the PNW a few times a year.