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What do you have in your datacenters' toolbox?
- Subject: What do you have in your datacenters' toolbox?
- From: adrian at olddog.co.uk (Adrian Farrel)
- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:26:39 +0000
> > > But really: a power screwdriver, a bag of
> > > #2 bits, and a 12" extender> > are 85% of it. ;-)
> >
> > I mostly get by with just a screwdriver. Powered
> screwdrivers annoy the> hell out of me in almost all cases.
>
> [WEG] The rule of thumb for most places I've worked has been that power
> screwdrivers are only acceptable for *removing* screws, at least where the
> electronic contents of a datacenter are concerned. Using a power
> screwdriver to install/tighten machine screws carries a nasty risk of
> cross-threading, or stripping, or snapping the heads off of the screws on
> something important, leading to unrecoverable problems with expensive
> modules that you can no longer easily remove to replace when the need
> arises.
So you would recommend using a virtual screwdriver in the datacenter?
Adrian