The coming "big crunch" - IT systems will start failing on a large scale

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Scaremongering

All that was missing - the placard reading 'The End of the World is Nigh'.

So my critical, clustered systems are going to start failing are they? Why did I cluster them then?

My RAID arrays are going to start failing are they? Why did I go RAID then? And have I forgotten how to replace hot-swap disks?

My server power supplies are going to blow. Why did I buy dual power supplies then?

Does anyone who designs systems actually believe this rubbish?

"It could be said that it?s in HP?s interest to publicize the fact that IT systems are aging."
That's news to me, do HP sell computers

"Predicting IT failure is not a hard thing to do. When you deal with tens of thousands, and even hundreds of thousands of servers, data storage systems, network equipment, etc, it?s a relatively simple statistical exercise."
I call. Show me the figures.

Of course if you didn't design your system ...

Posted by: johnfenjackson@...   Posted on: 09/29/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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