Superman can move a datacenter with 0 downtime.
On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Webster <[email protected]> wrote: > The entire datacenter by yourself? WOW!!! Even superman –sc wouldn’t > attempt that by himself. J**** > > ** ** > > Thanks**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Webster**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *John Cook > *Sent:* Friday, July 19, 2013 11:32 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Week long shutdown.**** > > ** ** > > You don’t say!**** > > **** > > Actually this has been a good discussion as I’m moving a Datacenter myself > in a month.**** > > **** > > *John W. Cook***** > > *Network Operations Manager***** > > *Partnership For Strong Families***** > > *5950 NW 1st Place***** > > *Gainesville, Fl 32607***** > > *Office (352) 244-1610***** > > *Cell (352) 215-6944***** > > *MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS,***** > > *CompTIA A+, N+, Security+***** > > *VSP4, VTSP4***** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *J- P > > *Sent:* Friday, July 19, 2013 12:17 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Week long shutdown. > **** > > **** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jean-Paul Natola > **** > ------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Week long shutdown. > Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 13:15:15 +0000 > **** > > The issue is that everything cools down after being run for so long. > Bearings freeze up, electronic connectors contract, etc. And it’s not > necessarily just hard drives. Cooling fans, power supplies, etc. Removing > them from the chassis won’t change anything and might even make things > worse. If you have to move a server, I’d keep everything in place. Again, > have good backups and have a few spares handy.**** > > **** > > -Paul**** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *J- P > *Sent:* Thursday, July 18, 2013 8:34 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Week long shutdown. > **** > > **** > > 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] <[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] <[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?* > *** > > **** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > > CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or > attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity > to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information > (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. 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