[Info-vax] Databases versus RMS

[JF Mezei]

Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:

> The question is not "databases vs. RMS" but rather "good software vs. 
> bad software.


There is also the question of some system manager that understands
robustness and failure modes versus a windows weenie who just buys any
disk array, slaps on a database and then runs an important web site on it.


Here is what the web site states:

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dslreports.com is offline
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Update Wed Apr 18 09:54:54 EDT 2012

Well, the good news is we have a plan & I hope things will remain
offline for no longer than the balance of this week. Unfortunately,
equipment must be sourced installed, configured, and so on. Lacking a
good explanation of what happened to "redundant" disk storage, I am
reluctantly faced with just replacing it with more expensive gear. No
certainty on times, yet. I will post a link to the gory details soon.

Update Tue Apr 17 04:14:29 EDT 2012

Things have turned out to be more complicated. Although no hardware was
fried, our large storage array has decided, probably as a result of
going dark in mid write, that our two sql servers can no longer have
access to one of the small,  but important, partitions that makes up the
larger SQL data area. All data  is present, but it refuses to offer it.
At this point all courses of action involve long delays. When I know
more I'll post :(
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As I am moving away from reliable VMS, I have to ask myself whether the
above is something that is typical of non VMS systems (aka: i need to
worry about this) or whether this is just the result of an inexperienced
system manager.

Having to buy a new disk array because SQL servers can't access the
files when the system manager can see them is puzzling. (and one wonders
how he will be able to move the databases to the new disk array).