Based on a recent conversation I just had
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Too bad there aren't servers that come with mechanical arms that you can remotely control.
There used to be...
I have seen servers with optical drives rigged to press the power button of another server when the drive ejects it's tray.
Just SSH into it and run the eject command, wait a few min, run it again, then run it twice again.
This would make it hold the button to power it off, release the button, and push it quickly again to power up the machine.
Note that you need the old desktop style of optical drive with a powered tray for this to work
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Too bad there aren't servers that come with mechanical arms that you can remotely control.
I have great news for you, because that absolutely exists
Patch robot at DE-CIX (The largest european IXP) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GKaPKRggBM
Skip to 53 seconds to see it in actionWith this you can physically reroute to another connection or server if something dies.
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I have great news for you, because that absolutely exists
Patch robot at DE-CIX (The largest european IXP) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GKaPKRggBM
Skip to 53 seconds to see it in actionWith this you can physically reroute to another connection or server if something dies.
Until the robot itself burns out and is unresponsive as well
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Until the robot itself burns out and is unresponsive as well
I would hope not. If that thing burns, then a large portion of Europe's internet comes crashing down.
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There used to be...
I have seen servers with optical drives rigged to press the power button of another server when the drive ejects it's tray.
Just SSH into it and run the eject command, wait a few min, run it again, then run it twice again.
This would make it hold the button to power it off, release the button, and push it quickly again to power up the machine.
Note that you need the old desktop style of optical drive with a powered tray for this to work
optical drives rigged to press the power button of another server
That's simultaneously janky and genius. I love it.
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Too bad there aren't servers that come with mechanical arms that you can remotely control.
Is IPMI/iLO/IDRAC close enough?
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There used to be...
I have seen servers with optical drives rigged to press the power button of another server when the drive ejects it's tray.
Just SSH into it and run the eject command, wait a few min, run it again, then run it twice again.
This would make it hold the button to power it off, release the button, and push it quickly again to power up the machine.
Note that you need the old desktop style of optical drive with a powered tray for this to work
Hmm, that would really send a message to all my enemies...
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This here is Reason #1 why consolidation is antithetical to the Fediverse.
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Ahhh, that sounds like a frustrating issue, I hope they're able to get it resolved before too long
Thank you for filling me in!
Apparently gonna be a couple weeks
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Until the robot itself burns out and is unresponsive as well
That's okay, they have a robot to do maintenance on the robot.
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"Warning. Local radiation readings suggest the Aurora's drive core has reached critical state.
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There used to be...
I have seen servers with optical drives rigged to press the power button of another server when the drive ejects it's tray.
Just SSH into it and run the eject command, wait a few min, run it again, then run it twice again.
This would make it hold the button to power it off, release the button, and push it quickly again to power up the machine.
Note that you need the old desktop style of optical drive with a powered tray for this to work
Is that what they were "jousting" with at the beginning of the movie "Hackers?"
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Is that what they were "jousting" with at the beginning of the movie "Hackers?"
I don't remember the scene, so I can't say.
Love the movie though!
Hack the planet!
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Literally came here looking for this thanks!
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Apparently gonna be a couple weeks
Well shit... Glad I'm on 3 different instances
