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Time to Kick the Tyres and Light the Fires.

So the first equipment has moved into the newly constructed data centre, when all was said and done it was mostly OK! There were a number of lessons learned and at times a serious desire to terminate the existance of certain people, but the equipment is in at long last.

Where did all the people come from on the day, well a number of companies – several of whom I’ve used before. The planning at the source end paid off hansomely, the planning at the destination end left a bit to be desired – but the event did happen.

The lessons learned included the following;

  • Don’t let the people who make the first delivery leave their vehicle in the loading bay and then go off for lunch! – 40 minute delay.
  • Ensure that if you are in charge of the move that your name is on the list of people allowed in the building! – an other 40 minute delay.
  • Finding out that there was an intermittant fault with the scissor lift on the day it is required isn’t best practice (especially as it was a known problem), when it’s required for moving 500Kg machines! – 1 hour delay!

Now the testing has to be repeated and the migrations start in earnest in a few weeks.

All in all the first move was OK, you would hope so as there have been people involved in this project for getting on for six years.