[161458] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: What do you have in your datacenters' toolbox?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adrian Farrel)
Fri Mar 15 09:27:05 2013
To: "Jeroen van Aart" <jeroen@mompl.net>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>,
"George Wes" <wesley.george@twcable.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:26:39 +0000
From: Adrian Farrel <adrian@olddog.co.uk>
Reply-To: adrian@olddog.co.uk
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> > > But really: a power screwdriver, a bag of
> > > #2 bits, and a 12" extender> > are 85% of it. ;-)
> >
> > I mostly get by with just a screwdriver. Powered
> screwdrivers annoy the> hell out of me in almost all cases.
>=20
> [WEG] The rule of thumb for most places I've worked has been that power
> screwdrivers are only acceptable for *removing* screws, at least where th=
e
> electronic contents of a datacenter are concerned. Using a power
> screwdriver to install/tighten machine screws carries a nasty risk of
> cross-threading, or stripping, or snapping the heads off of the screws on
> something important, leading to unrecoverable problems with expensive
> modules that you can no longer easily remove to replace when the need
> arises.=20
So you would recommend using a virtual screwdriver in the datacenter?
Adrian
