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Well, I finally got something I’ve been wanting for a while… a dedicated Linux server at work.

For a while now, we’ve been running a not-too-critical service on Linux and it’s been stable and reliable as hell, but it was running on an old 400 MHz desktop-class PC. Finally, it had a hardware failure (I knew it was only a matter of time) and it happened, of course, on the first day of a three-day out-of-town trip for work. $boss got it straightened out and got the hard drive moved to a new, more modern box, and I was able to tell him over the phone what to do to verify that everything was working properly.

Anyways, shortly after that he asked me about a dedicated server, which I definitely wanted. So now we have an HP server running Debian GNU/Linux in the NOC. This is a huge step for our campus, since up until now we’ve been primarily a Windows-only shop (with the exception of an old Novell box or two still lingering around). I like Windows and we never have a problem with the majority of our applications and services run perfectly most of the time, I’d love to be able to migrate whatever I can off of Windows and on to Linux. It’s so much more stable, has fewer problems, and I’m much more familiar with Linux administration than I am Windows administration.

I’ve been adding a few things to the server already and still need to migrate that one $critical_service over, but that won’t be difficult. Luckily, the semester is over and there aren’t many students around, since it *will* result in downtime. I know I hate when a service I’m relying on is down, so I do my best to minimize downtime for everybody else.

Anyways, got me a new server. Woohoo!