Author Archives: erik

Even the last part was a big problem. It turned out that the company that delivered the package, delivered it to the wrong address! Just consider, a package with a value of approx. 1000EUR delivered to the wrong person without … Continue reading →

Ok, it looks like everything that can go wrong will go wrong. When I ordered the RAID card, I explicitly selected delivery by regular post (which means I will get the package). Nevertheless, something went wrong and the package will … Continue reading →

As it turns out, the server will arrive later and it looks like I was misinformed by alternate last week. As a result, it becomes impossible to try out the Highpoint RocketRaid 2310 because if it would turn ou to … Continue reading →

So, now I am still waiting for the final and most important part, the server…

So here I am, most of the parts have arrived, except for the most important part, which is the server itself, but that should arrive (hopefully) this week.

So here I am with almost all the stuff except the most important part: the PC. Alternate should send  that on its way this week.

Great news, after spending 5 freakin’ days in customs, my Seritek/2EN2 storage enclosure finally passed through customs. Makes you wonder what the hell they do with all those packages in customs. Anyway, now the package is a free citizin with … Continue reading →

So now, after some final changes all parts for the server are ordered. I had to change the specs at the last moment…

After being constantly on since april 2002, it is time that the current Pentium III server is replaced. It is making a lot of noise and sooner or later, I expect it to stop working anyway. Also, the storage is … Continue reading →