<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>simonmicros super systems</title><link>https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/</link><description>simonmicros super systems</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en</language><copyright>All rights reserved.</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:37:42 +0100</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Maintenance 2026-03-07 - 2026-03-08</title><link>https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/2026/maintenance0/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:37:42 +0100</pubDate><author/><guid>https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/2026/maintenance0/</guid><description><![CDATA[<h1 id="incoming-maintenance">Incoming maintenance!</h1>
<p></p>
<p>Hey, little heads up regarding a server maintenance - the <em>expected</em> downtimes of the server and all of my services are:</p>
<h3 id="2026-03-07-1300---2026-03-08-2200">2026-03-07 13:00 - 2026-03-08 22:00</h3>
<p>That&rsquo;s nice, but&hellip;</p>
<h2 id="what-will-be-changed">&hellip;what will be changed?</h2>
<ul>
<li>The whole server and all of its components will be moved to a new site (and new case)</li>
</ul>
<p>Please note, if some services do not work properly after the maintenance window, then not hesitate to contact me (<a href="https://status.simonmicro.de/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">maybe there is a service missing in the monitoring</a>
).</p>]]></description></item><item><title>Maintenance 2025-10-10</title><link>https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/2025/maintenance5/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 22:04:37 +0100</pubDate><author/><guid>https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/2025/maintenance5/</guid><description><![CDATA[<h1 id="incoming-maintenance">Incoming maintenance!</h1>
<p></p>
<p>Hey, little heads up regarding a server maintenance - the <em>expected</em> downtimes of the server and all of my services are:</p>
<h3 id="2025-10-10-1530---2025-10-10-1830">2025-10-10 15:30 - 2025-10-10 18:30</h3>
<p>That&rsquo;s nice, but&hellip;</p>
<h2 id="what-will-be-changed">&hellip;what will be changed?</h2>
<ul>
<li>Repair of dying DIMM</li>
</ul>
<p>Please note, if some services do not work properly after the maintenance window, then not hesitate to contact me (<a href="https://status.simonmicro.de/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">maybe there is a service missing in the monitoring</a>
).</p>]]></description></item><item><title>Maintenance 2025-05-30</title><link>https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/2025/maintenance3/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 16:02:08 +0100</pubDate><author/><guid>https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/2025/maintenance3/</guid><description><![CDATA[<h1 id="incoming-maintenance">Incoming maintenance!</h1>
<p></p>
<p>Hey, little heads up regarding a server maintenance - the <em>expected</em> downtimes of the server and all of my services are:</p>
<h3 id="2025-05-30-2030---2025-05-30-2200">2025-05-30 20:30 - 2025-05-30 22:00</h3>
<p>That&rsquo;s nice, but&hellip;</p>
<h2 id="what-will-be-changed">&hellip;what will be changed?</h2>
<ul>
<li><del>Installation of <a href="https://jetkvm.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">JetKVM</a>
 - f*ck Supermicro BMC</del> (forgot to order VGA to HDMI adapter)</li>
<li>Logistical stuff</li>
<li>Removal of some deprecated HDDs</li>
</ul>
<p>Please note, if some services do not work properly after the maintenance window, then not hesitate to contact me (<a href="https://status.simonmicro.de/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">maybe there is a service missing in the monitoring</a>
).</p>]]></description></item><item><title>Maintenance 2025-06-21 - 2025-06-22</title><link>https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/2025/maintenance4/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 16:02:08 +0100</pubDate><author/><guid>https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/2025/maintenance4/</guid><description><![CDATA[<h1 id="incoming-maintenance">Incoming maintenance!</h1>
<p></p>
<p>Hey, little heads up regarding a server maintenance - the <em>expected</em> downtimes of the server and all of my services are:</p>
<h3 id="2025-06-21-2030---2025-06-22-0200">2025-06-21 20:30 - 2025-06-22 02:00</h3>
<p>That&rsquo;s nice, but&hellip;</p>
<h2 id="what-will-be-changed">&hellip;what will be changed?</h2>
<ul>
<li>Installation of <a href="https://jetkvm.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">JetKVM</a>
 - f*ck Supermicro BMC</li>
</ul>
<p>Please note, if some services do not work properly after the maintenance window, then not hesitate to contact me (<a href="https://status.simonmicro.de/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">maybe there is a service missing in the monitoring</a>
).</p>]]></description></item><item><title>Maintenance 2025-01-31</title><link>https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/2025/maintenance2/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 20:02:12 +0100</pubDate><author/><guid>https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/2025/maintenance2/</guid><description><![CDATA[<h1 id="incoming-maintenance">Incoming maintenance!</h1>
<p></p>
<p>Hey, little heads up regarding a server maintenance - the <em>expected</em> downtimes of the server and all of my services are:</p>
<h3 id="2025-01-31-2100---2025-01-31-2200">2025-01-31 21:00 - 2025-01-31 22:00</h3>
<p>That&rsquo;s nice, but&hellip;</p>
<h2 id="what-will-be-changed">&hellip;what will be changed?</h2>
<ul>
<li>Install new PDU</li>
<li>Add missing WAN2 connection on Secondary Firewall</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>During the next days be prepared for multiple outages in preparation for the move. All systems will be unavailable during the operation and maybe unstable if they return during the maintenance window.</strong></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Maintenance 2025-01-23 - 2025-01-25</title><link>https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/2025/maintenance1/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2025 22:24:01 +0100</pubDate><author/><guid>https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/2025/maintenance1/</guid><description><![CDATA[<h1 id="incoming-maintenance">Incoming maintenance!</h1>
<p></p>
<p>Hey, little heads up regarding a server maintenance - the <em>expected</em> downtimes of the server and all of my services are:</p>
<h3 id="2025-01-23-1500---2025-01-25-1200">2025-01-23 15:00 - 2025-01-25 12:00</h3>
<p>That&rsquo;s nice, but&hellip;</p>
<h2 id="what-will-be-changed">&hellip;what will be changed?</h2>
<ul>
<li>The whole server and all of its components will be moved to a new site</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>During the next days be prepared for multiple outages in preparation for the move. All systems will be unavailable during the operation and maybe unstable if they return during the maintenance window.</strong></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Maintenance 2025-01-16</title><link>https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/2025/maintenance0/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:17:01 +0100</pubDate><author/><guid>https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/2025/maintenance0/</guid><description><![CDATA[<h1 id="incoming-maintenance">Incoming maintenance!</h1>
<p></p>
<p>Hey, little heads up regarding a server maintenance - the <em>expected</em> downtimes of the server and all of my services are:</p>
<h3 id="2025-01-16-1000---2025-01-16-1130">2025-01-16 10:00 - 2025-01-16 11:30</h3>
<p>That&rsquo;s nice, but&hellip;</p>
<h2 id="what-will-be-changed">&hellip;what will be changed?</h2>
<ul>
<li>Installation of new 32TB RAID5 pool</li>
</ul>
<p>Please note, that after that timeframe some services may not work properly and therefore do not hesitate to contact me if any
problem persists too long (<a href="https://status.simonmicro.de/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">not everything is monitored from my backend</a>
).</p>]]></description></item><item><title>Maintenance 2024-10-19</title><link>https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/2024/maintenance2/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 23:02:01 +0100</pubDate><author/><guid>https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/2024/maintenance2/</guid><description><![CDATA[<h1 id="incoming-maintenance">Incoming maintenance!</h1>
<p></p>
<p>Hey, little notice regarding a server maintenance - the <em>expected</em> downtimes of the server and all of my services are:</p>
<h3 id="2024-10-19-1900---2024-10-19-2300">2024-10-19 19:00 - 2024-10-19 23:00</h3>
<p>That&rsquo;s nice, but&hellip;</p>
<h2 id="what-will-be-changed">&hellip;what will be changed?</h2>
<ul>
<li>Removal of HDD-RAID &ldquo;Dying Ancients&rdquo; (multiple disks died now and it is not really being used)</li>
<li>Replacement of one pre-failing Seagate 4TB HDD and consequently RAID-resilvering</li>
<li>Server-Dusting</li>
</ul>
<p>Please note, that after that timeframe some services may not work properly and therefore do not hesitate to contact me if any
problem persists too long (<a href="https://status.simonmicros-super-systems.de/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">not everything is monitored from my backend</a>
).</p>]]></description></item><item><title>Maintenance 2024-05-25</title><link>https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/2024/maintenance1/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:47:01 +0100</pubDate><author/><guid>https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/2024/maintenance1/</guid><description><![CDATA[<h1 id="incoming-maintenance">Incoming maintenance!</h1>
<p></p>
<p>Hey, little heads up regarding a server maintenance - the <em>expected</em> downtimes of the server and all of my services are:</p>
<h3 id="2024-05-25-1400---2024-05-25-1900">2024-05-25 14:00 - 2024-05-25 19:00</h3>
<p>That&rsquo;s nice, but&hellip;</p>
<h2 id="what-will-be-changed">&hellip;what will be changed?</h2>
<ul>
<li>Redeployment of Kubernetes cluster using automated tools (superseeding manual, outdated install)</li>
</ul>
<p>Please note, that after that timeframe some services may not work properly and therefore do not hesitate to contact me if any
problem persists too long (<a href="https://status.simonmicro.de/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">not everything is monitored from my backend</a>
).</p>]]></description></item><item><title>Maintenance 2024-01-20</title><link>https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/2024/maintenance0/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 10:56:01 +0100</pubDate><author/><guid>https://simonmicros-super-systems.de/2024/maintenance0/</guid><description><![CDATA[<h1 id="incoming-maintenance">Incoming maintenance!</h1>
<p></p>
<p>Hey, little heads up regarding a server maintenance - the <em>expected</em> downtimes of the server and all of my services are:</p>
<h3 id="2024-01-20-0800---2024-01-20-1000">2024-01-20 08:00 - 2024-01-20 10:00</h3>
<p>That&rsquo;s nice, but&hellip;</p>
<h2 id="what-will-be-changed">&hellip;what will be changed?</h2>
<ul>
<li>Switch back to non-redundant PSU (current one is too noisy)</li>
<li>Yearly cleaning of equipment</li>
</ul>
<p>Please note, that after that timeframe some services may not work properly and therefore do not hesitate to contact me if any
problem persists too long (<a href="https://status.simonmicro.de/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">not everything is monitored from my backend</a>
).</p>]]></description></item></channel></rss>