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scooterscot replied

29 January 2011, 12:04
Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

Hot swap SAN. Wow that's a project with deep pockets.

A downed server, loss of service far out ways the cost of replacing the server, even after an hour of downtime.

You you want to charge big bucks in the years ahead? Don't bother with developing new technologies nobody has the money to invest or develop. Instead make what you have already more reliable; my customers cannot get enough of it.
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scooterscot replied

29 January 2011, 11:56
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

They have hot-swap on Macs now? Don't tell me, Apple "invented" it a year or two back?

Why it even looks pretty... 7 years old I think.

Apple (United Kingdom) - Xserve
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scooterscot replied

29 January 2011, 11:54
Originally posted by Ardesco View Post

Don't need OSX for a stable server

Agree. Anything Linux does the job, does not need a fancy GUI.
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Sockpuppet replied

29 January 2011, 10:31
Could all this just not have been solved by having a raid. Even cheap ass on the server board intel raid?
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d000hg replied

29 January 2011, 00:00
Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

Cough. That's what we I redundancy. The busted one goes in the bin and a replacement is up and running in a few minutes. Hot swappable I believe is the term.

They have hot-swap on Macs now? Don't tell me, Apple "invented" it a year or two back?
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RichardCranium replied

28 January 2011, 23:16
Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

Hot Swap San. Wow, that was a girl with a deep otter's pocket.

Yeah, I remember her. She was a goer.
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Ardesco replied

28 January 2011, 23:16
Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

Apple - Mac OS X Server Snow Leopard

I've had mine running 467 days and counting without a failure yet. knob.

I used to have a couple on 700+ days but I rebuilt then recently with Squeeze which required a reboot. Current longest is:

ardesco@foo:~$ uptime
23:13:28 up 395 days, 6:25, 1 user, load average: 0.09, 0.36, 0.59
ardesco@foo:~$

although I need to upgrade and rebuild that at some point too. Don't need OSX for a stable server
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suityou01 replied

28 January 2011, 23:10
Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

Cough. That's what we I redundancy. The busted one goes in the bin and a replacement is up and running in a few minutes. Hot swappable I believe is the term.

Hot swap SAN. Wow that's a project with deep pockets.
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scooterscot replied

28 January 2011, 23:09
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

It'll be funny when it does have to reboot and he hasn't a clue how to.

Cough. That's what we I redundancy. The busted one goes in the bin and a replacement is up and running in a few minutes. Hot swappable I believe is the term.
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suityou01 replied

28 January 2011, 22:38
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

It'll be funny when it does have to reboot and he hasn't a clue how to.

+1
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d000hg replied

28 January 2011, 22:35
It'll be funny when it does have to reboot and he hasn't a clue how to.
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Spacecadet replied

28 January 2011, 22:08
Originally posted by Cliphead View Post

Isn't there an app for that?

I think you're supposed to just gaze at the mighty apple whilst touching yourself
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Cliphead replied

28 January 2011, 21:23
Originally posted by Platypus View Post

Oh, are you going to have a w4nk ?

Isn't there an app for that?
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Cliphead replied

28 January 2011, 21:23
Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

Boot?!

467 days it was switched on, what's the booting for?

Oh dear, someone get me a tissue..

Ah, it's existed in some virtual world and never had to be switched on? The other three Linux servers have been running for three years plus without a reboot, this was supposed to be a new box so needed testing including a reboot to make sure fstab and other aspects were working properly but you don't need to test robustness right?

Another fckwit living in a fantasy world.
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Platypus replied

28 January 2011, 21:20
Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

Oh dear, someone get me a tissue..

Oh, are you going to have a w4nk ?
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