On 9/2/20 1:49 PM, Nick Hilliard wrote:
Shawn L via NANOG wrote on 02/09/2020 12:15:
We once moved a 3u server 30 miles between data centers this way. Plug redundant psu into a ups and 2 people carried it out and put them in a vehicle.
hopefully none of these server moves that people have been talking about involved spinning disks. If they did, kit damage is one of the likely outcomes - you seriously do not want to bump active spindles:
www.google.com/search?q=disk+platter+damage&tbm=isch
SSDs are a different story. In that case it's just a bit odd as to why you wouldn't want to power down a system to physically move it - in the sense that if your service delivery model can't withstand periodic maintenance and loss of availability of individual components, rethinking the model might be productive.
Nick
If it's your server, moving beyond (very) local facilities, and time is not of the essence, then sure: power down. If you're law-enforcement mid-raid, or trying to preserve your Frogger high-score, well, ...