Robin Bowes;231101 Wrote: 
> Grahame wrote:
> > MickeyG;230946 Wrote: 
> >> I should probably also mention that the nightly SlimServer 7.0
> builds
> >> for Windows are temporarily unavailable. The motherboard on the
> machine
> >> died, and a replacement is on its way.
> >>
> http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/SlimServer_v2007-09-26/
> >>
> >> Hmmm, can you say "single point of failure"?  
> >>
> >> Could you now justify 2, or N, build machines with the cost vs
> >> opportunity cost of having no functioning build machines?
> >>
> >> Just sayin'
> 
> What's the opportunity cost of losing a nightly build or two? Round
> about $0, I would say. All the latest code is still available via svn.
> 
> Just sayin'
> 
> R.

Touché :)

I take it the subversion repository is backed up (off site?), and there
is a dedicated hot-swap replacement for the server on stand by. After
all isn't the Bay Area a known (seismically) active  fault zone?

comp.risks is populated with stories of systems without disaster
recovery plans, or worse yet, disaster recovery plans that are never
tested, or don't work when required - blank backups etc.

Whats the opportunity cost for a windows based bug hunter, without svn,
or svn knowledge ... a Transporter? 

Just Sayin'

But don't take anything I say too seriously ;) Just points to ponder.


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