I'm not overly concerned. We've been running a couple of CX700s for about 5 years with no issues other than a few bad drives. I'm sure the vendor of their hardware had a similar track record though. I'd still like to know why bad memory would prompt them to failover.
- Sean On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Mayo, Bill <[email protected]>wrote: > I wouldn't worry. We have been using EMC CX-whatevers for over 7 years > now. We have had hard drives die (naturally) and even once had a memory > stick go bad. But never once has a hardware failure lead to any downtime. > The redundancy within CLARiiONs is extensive. > > Bill Mayo > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, August 27, 2010 3:51 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Massive computer outage halts some Va. agencies > > 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=787424.5b52d7aa670c9e7284b212f5caeb31d2&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-9077014-787424.5b52d7aa670c9e7284b212f5caeb3...@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=7432680.6e6595761ad36f434042683031b94018&n=T&l=ntsysadmin&o=9077026 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > or send a blank email to > leave-9077026-7432680.6e6595761ad36f434042683031b94...@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=8142875.a9cf90b99baa17cb4fcf8293a59eb3b1&n=T&l=ntsysadmin&o=9077113 or send a blank email to leave-9077113-8142875.a9cf90b99baa17cb4fcf8293a59eb...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
