"Angus Scott-Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/26/2008 01:50:01 AM:
>> ------- Included Stuff Follows ------- >> Death by Old PSUs >> Submitted by Mark Gibbs on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 3:01pm. >> >> I just read a mail list posting in which a friend explained >> how he had to shut down and number of servers in a data center >> for facilities maintenance for the first time in six years -- >> the machines had all been running non-stop for the whole time. >> On restart a significant number failed because -- it is suspected >> -- the power supplies which could supply power for normal operation >> could no longer handle startup conditions! > > Has anyone here undergone something like this? I haven't seen it with power supplies, but I have seen it with hard drives - work fine when spinning, once stopped not enough umph to get spinning again. I'd say at least quarterly when applying the MS patches it would be a good idea to power down you servers all the way just to prevent such surprises. After doing a full backup, of course :) Along the same lines, it's also a good idea to reboot your server before applying patches - just to make sure there isn't some other pre-existing problem. If there is, you can at least troubleshoot it independently of wondering if the patch did the dirty deed... Eric Eskam =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The contents of this message are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government "The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it." - P. B. Medawar ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
