In my experience, the failure is less likely (but not impossible) to be hardware related, and much more likely to be a configuration issue that was not tested or not tested recently.
That the hardware can fail is no surprise, hence the redundancy. But the gotchas almost all reside in the configuration. *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * Signature powered by <http://www.wisestamp.com/email-install?utm_source=extension&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=footer> WiseStamp<http://www.wisestamp.com/email-install?utm_source=extension&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=footer> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Sean Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > Odd, I can hit the site just fine from Anchorage.... > > Possibly. Can't wait to find out. We just bought an EMC CX4-960 earlier > this year. I'm assuming they're using higher-end gear so it has me thinking > what kind of failures we could be victim of. > > - Sean > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Sean Martin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> http://hamptonroads.com.nyud.net/2010/08/massive-computer-outage-halts-some-va-agencies >> >> Unable to lookup the IP address of host name: hamptonroads.com.nyud.net >> The DNS (Domain Name System) subsystem returned: Server Failure: The >> name server was unable to process this query. >> >> > I'm really curious to know what SAN hardware they're using.... >> >> Maybe they're using the same SAN system that ate Microsoft's >> Sidekick database last year... >> >> -- Ben >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to ntsysadmin as: [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/u?id=7432680.6e6595761ad36f434042683031b94018&n=T&l=ntsysadmin&o=9077006 >> or send a blank email to >> leave-9077006-7432680.6e6595761ad36f434042683031b94...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to ntsysadmin as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/u?id=8238917.e93ea3863e200ecd24434d91225a0916&n=T&l=ntsysadmin&o=9077014 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > or send a blank email to > leave-9077014-8238917.e93ea3863e200ecd24434d91225a0...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- You are currently subscribed to ntsysadmin as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/u?id=8142875.a9cf90b99baa17cb4fcf8293a59eb3b1&n=T&l=ntsysadmin&o=9077018 or send a blank email to leave-9077018-8142875.a9cf90b99baa17cb4fcf8293a59eb...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
