Dang I am really cutting it close this time. Normally it takes 3 full days to prepare for any trips. I only got confirmation of a trip leaving Thursday yesterday. It took 15 hours to just transfer the servers over locally so that I could then copy them a few times to the proper backups which takes about 2 hour per server. Then I need to delete the log files and other stuff to save space before transferring the lean backups to the laptop. On average about 30GB of files are cleaned mostly over 1,000,000 small log files deleting these files takes about another hour but will speed the transfer time to the laptop by about 4 hours. Also saves space on the laptop.
Besides that all the software drivers and OS data must be updated on the laptop which takes about 5-6 hours. Luckily I can do some things at the same time or I think your seeing how this takes so long. Then I need to transfer and backup my travel files like music ect over.
Then I am also reformatting and updating my cellphone which takes about 4 hours.
Then in about 5 hours I have some more HDD's coming in that need to be formatted and installed into portable cases for the laptop along with a new camcorder I ordered up that also needs to be configured and prepared.
So that just leaves the RL stuff!: Tomorrow I still got to get my oil changed, wash the car, go to the bank to send some wires and then try to catchup on all unwatched anime (most important) then actually pack for the trip which is not just close but also all the computer stuff.
Then that leaves the special work load finals: at 0-hour all pending admin orders must be processed and afterword the file updated files transferred to the laptop. After final transfer the main computer can no longer be used until I return and transfer the files I use to basically keep track of IBIS back. In addition I also need to prep a special emergency repair package to help a friend out when I get back to Lexington.
So now you see that even with 10 HDDs and multiple RAID arrays when you are dealing with keeping the servers in tip top shape it takes a LOT of time
You may wonder why bother to back up all the stuff before a trip. Well if an update is released during the trip it could take days to weeks to fix the servers without local backups/copies. It is thanks to this long preparation that in the past when valve released game breaking updates while I was out of town it only took a few hours for the servers to be fixed.
Oh thank god this just reminded me to copy over all the SM programs as this is the first trip I am on with only my laptop since bringing the wcs server back and as a result I now also need to have all the software to update all the plugins on all the servers manually great that only doubles my work load
Oh, well b/c if we were not using custom programs that I personally coded we would half to wait even longer for patched in the event of an update so while it is more work it actually saves me time which is what I really care about. Although moving all those files will not be saving me time right now lol
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Originally Posted by ZERO
