[Info-vax] HP Integrity rx2800 i4 (2.53GHz/32.0MB) :: PAKs won't load

[Kerry Main]

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> Subject: Re: [New Info-vax] HP Integrity rx2800 i4 (2.53GHz/32.0MB) ::
> PAKs won't load
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> On Mon, 29 Feb 2016 18:27:23 +0000
> Kerry Main via Info-vax <info-vax at rbnsn.com> wrote:
> 

[snip...]

> >
> > Old saying used to be that the 2 best OS clustering technologies were
> > from  OS's that had the same 3 letters - VMS/MVS (aka
> OpenVMS/z/OS)
> 
> It's funny because we don't ever use the world clustering or think about
> clustering in those terms. Many big shops run on one box. And most
> don't
> use replication so much. The ones that do perhaps only for certain
> applications rather than the whole floor. Most just send tapes with a
> courier. I can remember being in a few DR tests to verify the plan worked
> ok. But I can't remember a real disaster ever happening. I bet you really
> don't know how a real one will affect you until a real one affects you.
> 

I did some DC Migration consulting with a few banks in Toronto. Their
big concern these days is not your typical wind, fire, water, plane hits
DC scenario, but rather pandemic issues like SARS, Anthrax etc. All it
takes is one person from Operations to have been exposed (may not
even have SARS) and that's it - everyone in DC goes home immediately
for 10 days.

Does not matter if DC is Tier4 or Tier1 - everyone goes home for at 
least 10 days.

Better have good remote access capabilities, because the guys in white 
suits are backed up with guys with big guns.

And before anyone says "pie in the sky", this actually happened to HP
In Toronto. It was in the press, so is public knowledge:

http://www.cnet.com/news/sars-sends-hp-workers-home-in-canada/ 

Its why banks are now implementing multi-site DC's that are close to 
100km (60 mile) distance. They actually want separate Operations teams 
at each site to mitigate pandemic risks like this. 

[btw, 100km apart still has fibre point-to-point connections which 
allows sync updates to still be possible for SLA's requiring RPO=0]

Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com