Told my server is out of memory by the Datacenter techs?

[Wintereise]

That naming convention is distinct of ColoCrossing, just sayin'.

 

[Jack]

What DC is this? Also, how much memory does the server have?

'Your machine 1638CC-XEON

Not obvious? Look after the ID before -XEON

 

[AnthonySmith]

Obvious reply would be: Your terms say nothing about beeping, I will allow my server to beep as much as I beeping want, what the beep has it got to do with you

 

[Jack]

Obvious reply would be: Your terms say nothing about beeping, I will allow my server to beep as much as I beeping want, what the beep has it got to do with you

Would be quite annoying though?

 

[Wintereise]

Obvious reply would be: Your terms say nothing about beeping, I will allow my server to beep as much as I beeping want, what the beep has it got to do with you

Colocation, while a shame, does not work like that. Even if this is a dedi, same terms apply.

You'll be disturbing people while they try to work / etc, which pretty much is valid grounds for at least attempting to boot you.

 

[D. Strout]

Not obvious? Look after the ID before -XEON

Actually not correct ^_^  Presumably the memory was upgraded. It is displayed in the post in the free -m output though, so that is my bad.

 

[Jack]

Actually not correct ^_^  Presumably the memory was upgraded. It is displayed in the post in the free -m output though, so that is my bad.

What are you on about?

I know CC's Labels are SERVERID-CC for Colocrossing then -XEON FOR XEON's, C2Q for Core2Quad , AMD for AMD's... 

 

[D. Strout]

I thought you were referring to the other part of my post asking how much memory, since the ID had "1638" in it. As in, 16,384MB of memory, or 16GB, when the free -m output said 32,768MB of memory. I get it now.

 

[kaniini]

It could be beeping due to a memory error -- i.e. one of the chips is throwing ECC errors; some of my dells do that (they also light the attention light amber).  They also display a message on the LCD panel which typically shows the serial number saying which bank is bad.

That said, how could you hear a server beeper in a properly cooled DC -- surely the ventilation noise would drown it out.

At least in any datacenter I have been in (barring FDC) this was the case.

 

[rsk]

That said, how could you hear a server beeper in a properly cooled DC -- surely the ventilation noise would drown it out.

I think at CC they have nothing else better to do, than to listen to beeps

 

[Jack]

I think at CC they have nothing else better to do, than to listen to beeps

Na, they are busy helping CVPS..

 

[Zen]

This makes no sense, not the beeping part, but the fact that they hear or care about it. In any proper DC or filled up rack.. I doubt you would hear the beep to the point where it was frustrating you. 

 

[mikho]

This makes no sense, not the beeping part, but the fact that they hear or care about it. In any proper DC or filled up rack.. I doubt you would hear the beep to the point where it was frustrating you.

Unless you are working very close to the rack, I would look into a beeping noise if it was me working there.


I would be thankful if a tech opened a ticket like that for me to investigate.

 

[Zen]

Unless you are working very close to the rack, I would look into a beeping noise if it was me working there.


I would be thankful if a tech opened a ticket like that for me to investigate.

Eh, with proper cooling and 40+ servers running.. I don't know.

 

[kaniini]

Eh, with proper cooling and 40+ servers running.. I don't know.

I've had to diagnose beepcodes in a cabinet before, I had to get my ear very close to the server to hear anything.

So yeah, it makes me wonder about the cooling at CC, for sure.

 

[mikho]

Eh, with proper cooling and 40+ servers running.. I don't know.

It's hard to hear, I admit that but once you hear that first beep you go wtf and shake it of, when the second comes you wtf again and some people (like me) wont stop until they find the source.

 

[scv]

Colocation, while a shame, does not work like that. Even if this is a dedi, same terms apply.

You'll be disturbing people while they try to work / etc, which pretty much is valid grounds for at least attempting to boot you.

I don't think most DCs actually care about this though. The rack next to ours in Detroit has had an Adaptec screaming away the entire time we've been in the facility.

 

[Marc M.]

Get yourself a bottle of Premium RAM Fluid    to top it off when it starts beeping

 

[earl]

Did you ask the DC what the beep code was? check it with your board manufacturer.. I'm sure it's something hardware related or maybe a temperature sensor was set off..

 

[JDiggity]

They probably found the beep while working on another persons server that was right next to it.  When they went to derack it to work on it.