Last summer I handled the Tx side of a NJ-TX transfer of two racks with SANs. We used FedEx and the move went fine. Turns out they're equipped to properly handle loads of high value or fragility or both. That includes appropriate insurance plus certain security measures if you need that. The crews that did the actual moving on both sides knew what they were doing. The outbound side took photos and documented all cabling then sent that ahead. From doors open to me powering everything on and giving thumbs up was about four hours. I didn't lift a finger except to hit the power switches. Recommended. No idea of cost. I gain no remuneration from this endorsement of FedEx, it's subsidiaries or allies. Contents may settle during shipment. Your mileage may vary. Look both ways before crossing.
On Jul 18, 2013, at 21:16, "Daniel Chenault" <[email protected]> wrote: > I am not a lawyer... > > That exposes you to a high degree of personal exposure to a potentially > devastating situation. Make your backups, test them, then hand the hardware > over to the people with the equipment and insurance to address the physical > security. > > And all this science I don't understand > It's just my job five days a week > > Elton John "Rocket Man" > > On Jul 18, 2013, at 20:43, "J- P" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Would it not reduce the risk if I have them with me , rather than in a box >> truck? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Jean-Paul Natola >> >> >> >> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:39:18 -0400 >> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Week long shutdown. >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> >> I'm not sure it's worth the risk... >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 9:33 PM, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: >> Maybe a better approach would be to removes the drives from all servers, and >> drive them down myself? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Jean-Paul Natola >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 15:16:04 -0700 >> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Week long shutdown. >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> I strongly agree regarding the spare drives (or at least preparations for >> fast acquisition). If a drive is going to fail, its during/after a large >> physical move. I've seen this happen many times. >> >> -- >> Espi >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Maglinger, Paul <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> Make sure your backups are current. Wouldn’t hurt to have some spare hard >> drives. We moved our corporate 7 years ago. Only lost 2 drives on separate >> systems. No data loss. >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of J- P >> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 11:30 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Week long shutdown. >> >> That is scary, we are moving to our new office tonight/tomorrow and although >> its only 1 mile away - now I'm getting nervous... :( >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Jean-Paul Natola >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 11:16:28 -0500 >> Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Week long shutdown. >> When we moved into our new data center in 2010 we had several drives in a >> few older servers and an older SAN that did not spin back up after being >> shut down to be moved. The equipment was only down for a couple of hours >> while it was moved between buildings. Those drives had been spinning >> continuously for several years before the move. Luckily the failed drives >> were in separate RAID arrays so we didn’t lose any data. >> >> Dave >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Maglinger, Paul >> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 11:03 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Week long shutdown. >> >> The first concern that comes to mind doesn’t involve AD, but rather that >> sometimes hard drives that have been spinning continuously don’t want to >> spin back up after they’ve cooled down. >> >> -Paul >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Kennedy, Jim >> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 10:37 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [NTSysADM] Week long shutdown. >> >> We are shutting our data center down for 7 days to repair the >> HAVAC/Electrical systems. Long story but it needs to be done this way. >> Since we are a school district and it is summer we are just going to pull >> the plug on the network and let that summer staff fend for themselves. I >> have a secondary MX up with a hold and forward. >> >> There are 4 offsite DC’s that could be left running, but they will not be >> able to talk to each other, their connectivity is via the data center. I am >> thinking shut them down too. >> >> Any issues or concerns that come to mind for a week long downtime for AD? >> >>
