Re: Synthetic Oil

rmoulding_at_bibbway.bt.co.uk (Richard Moulding) wrote:

>Following the useful tips in this newsgroup I poured 8 pints of Castrol Oil
>into our Sun Sparc Ultra. The effects were, to say the least, unexpected! Not
>only did the machine explode, it also burned down the computer hall destroying
>our entire operational computing infrastructure. I am of course not bitter (or
>employed) but I do think that a little extra consideration could be given
>before issuing advice on this newsgroup. Perhaps this suggested database
>tuning approach was only pertinent to certain Unix platforms such as HP and
>is not suitable when running such obviously hotter O/Ss as Solaris.

You should have consulted the appropriate newsgroup for Sun hardware because, certainly, Castrol doesn't have the appropriate American Petroleum Institute service codes required by high-powered Sun. True, Castrol may prevent thermal breakdown, but only on todays smaller Intel platforms. For a Sun, you really needed some 10W-40 Slick 50.

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