The Completed Fell Cluster
…..But it didn’t always look like this! (click above to enlarge picture)
Desktop Support and the Cluster Room Support including the famous Tony from ‘Tony’s Tips’ took on this task.
…can you spot Super Mario’s ‘other’ brother in the picture above?
The Fell Cluster which is our 24/7 computer room situated in the Medical School Cookson Building holds over 90 machines. The existing machines had reached the end of their cluster life due to the high demand and usage from our Med Students that all machines were fully replaced with brand new kit.
The new machines were delivered directly to the Fell Cluster and were programmed with the cluster software right there on site. The existing 90+ machines had to be safely disconnect and removed, the new machines unpackaged and physically setup on the tables before any of the cluster software could then be installed. All the packaging will get recycled in line with the University Recycling Policy. The two teams showed how well we can work together as once again the inter team co-operation was re-enforced. Ian G was said to be ‘..very relieved when it was over’ after 2 weeks of hard grueling work that saw the cluster completed 1 week early to allow the students to get back online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.