Okay -

[kyburg]

Inquiring minds and all that.

Troops, how many of you know what it is to "scram" a database?

If you do, would you please describe it? I want to hear your version.

The ones I've been hearing around lately have been MUCH of the amusing sort.

Comments

[joggingguy.livejournal.com]

1) Open up manual.
2) Look at database and yell "SCRAM!"
3) Make sure database is gone.
4) Verify you got all the disk space back.

:-D

[djdig.livejournal.com]

My father used to work in the nuclear industry and his favorite tee shirt said something like "insert, remove, and scram!"

It was (besides being a crass sexual innuendo) work related as well. Although I never got an explanation out of him as my Mom yelled at him for still owning the shirt.

[mdlbear]

Take an axe to the cables holding the control rods...
Oh.
A database.
Take an axe to the cables going to the RAID array...

[joiseyguy.livejournal.com]

[root root]$ scram db show

[ionotter.livejournal.com]

Setting up a database and it's associated code/program files so it can replicate across multiple sites/servers, so everyone can have a common set of software tools and directories, yet allow them to customize their system in a way that won't jeopardize or compromise system integrity across the network.