Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Visit to MK Data Centre - Day 1

Sometimes it is nice just to get away from the normal surroundings and go somewhere different. I am down with my MK team today looking over the DC and checking out a few things and just having a general catch-up. Sadly though, it is impossible to escape from the day job in Edinburgh so I have been getting chased from pillar to post.


Anyone remember the days before cell phones and e-mail?


Two Krypton Factors today.


The big problem we have is with Mardix iPDU switchboards. Does anyone out there use them? I can't reconcile the independent circuit load figures with the overall load figures. This is a bit of a bugger when we use the system to bill clients.


Mardix are giving me telephone help today so will be interesting to see if this helps me understand how the boards work.


We have had a new 3rd Cold Water Chiller added to the cooling estate. It has been plumbed and commissioned into service. this work was carried out by Adcock's who do the installation and maintenance and Airedale who supplied the unit and did the controls work.


One day later we have temperature issues in the room. We know it's a controls problem so call Adcock's, the maintenance company and tell them. We ask them to send a controls enginneer at the same time.


Eventually an HVAC engineer turns up, no controls engineer, and decides that it is a controls fault.


We still do not have a working system as we are now waiting for a new controls engineer to arrive. If only they had listened in the first place.


I am now looking for a new maintenance company.



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