[Info-vax] We regret to inform (VMS uptime)

[Single Stage to Orbit]

On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 15:47 -0700, Rich Jordan wrote:
> that our second place VMS Uptime system, an Alphaserver DS10 currently
> at 932 days 20 hours, is in the Bahamas and is about 99% likely to go
> down due to the storm there which is currently projected to hit
> nearby.  This is after our previous (recent) high uptime box ran well
> over 1000 days before being knocked out by an extended power failure.
> 
> Oh well.

Why not bring up another VMS box and cluster it with it before the storm
hits, even an emulated one on x86 laptop could do it. Then when all is
back to normal, bring it back online within the cluster and keep that
precious long uptime? 
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Tactical Nuclear Kittens