[svandamme]

i once had a place like that... no money for hardware
yet 24/7/356 operation with big bucks

server always crapping out on friday afternoons and stuff

in the end i got fed up too

and started bringing the server down when i felt like it...
eg , turn it of gracefully in midday without telling a soul
then acting surprised, and saying " i'm on it"
then sitting around in a locked server room , with server allready up but network cable detached... playing tetris on a management pc, looking feverishly busy to the tossers from management looking out through the serverroom tiny window on the door

right when i thought they we're ripe for a heart attack, i'de plug the cable back in , run around the room , pretending to do a few things... and tadaaaa fixed

did that 3 times in 2 weeks... then got every little bit of hardware i wanted ordered with a rush job...

also handy to know, that servers that crap out on friday afternoons...
won't crap out on fridaysafternoons if you crap them out on wednesdays or thursdays... or friday mornings

i was bored for months after that because everything worked fine since...


don't forget, if you're the BOFH ... you own them not the other way around...