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2021-06-21 18:30:11

Two, ten litre water buckets balanced over the company's mainframe servers - and the backup tapes - oh, and the main routers and switches - oh, and the powerbars for the UPS's. Yup, it was just another day at work.

Two, ten litre water buckets balanced over the company's mainframe servers - and the backup tapes - oh, and the main routers and switches - oh, and the powerbars for the UPS's.

I sent this article to The Register a couple months ago. It sparked a great thread of articles showcasing other IT slaves' stories. I thought I should shed some more light on this hilarious situation after recent events. It all started when a co-worker and I were rambling about Exchange 5.5 when I heard what sounded like someone pissing in the corner. I looked up at the shitty, $300, Costco brand air conditioner that provided the 'cooling' for our server room. Behind the mess of wires and power cords I was able to catch a glimpse of the steady stream of piss that was spilling out of the cheap air 'blower'. What followed was a mad dash for anything that could retain water. One bucket, then two buckets, each of which would fill up with ten litres of water within three days. This continued for over a year and a half despite countless emails to my manager. The president of the company even told my manager on three ocassions to buy a new air conditioner. My manager was too cheap (read: "stupid") to do anything. Notice the convient placing of the company's backup tapes, backup drive, open server, and UPS's. Behind all that mess is also the sole powerbar for each of the servers. The posting of this article eventually led to one of the reasons for my termination, and it was brought up in my final meeting. I post it here to find comfort in my original notion that it was indeed The World's Most Dangerous Server Room. Any comments you have on the subject are welcome.