[ale] uptime?

[Jim Popovitch]

I hardly think that chemo-therapy is akin to RtRR.  In fact a more
appropriate analogy would be for WinNT to be compared to the cancer
that is harming their lives.  I hardly think you would advocate
periodically rebooting your friends, although I have one or two that I
would consider it appropriate for.  

Doesn't your real company take money from it's revenue stream (the one
it depends on) and send it towards Washington state every year? :)

-Jim P.

--- Gary Maltzen <maltzen at MM.COM> wrote:
>  I'm sorry you find support for that suggestion offensive. Sometimes
> there are more pressing issues at hand and an "acceptable" solution
> beats no solution.
> 
>  Note: I work in a real company that depends on it's revenue stream
> for it's livelihood.
> 
>  Frankly, although we have not yet had to employ RtRR(c), we would if
> it meant we would minimize interruption to our client base. Certainly
> we would try to fix the problem, but we won't take our systems down
> while we are investigating the problem - and whether or not we have
> time to investigate that problem depends on our priority mix.
> 
>  I have several friends undergoing chemo-therapy for cancer; this is
> an "acceptable" (if unperfect) solution - they and I continue to
> enjoy each other's company. A scientifically "managed" solution (no
> results until the "correct" solution was found) would leave me with
> somewhat fewer friends.
> 
> >> The point of having routine reboot is to clear pending 
> >> problems (like memory leaks) before they become 
> >> show-stoppers. 
> >
> >I did find this one comment by you utterly offensive.  Especially to
> >those of us who consider systems management a science, not a science
> >project.  Just the thought of "Reboot-to-Restore-Resources" RtRR (c)
> >being associated with good job skills sends a shiver up my spine. 
> >Imagine if you had to periodically shut your $30,000 car off, as you
> >were driving down the interstate, to reset unintended leaks.  You
> would
> >have a vicious attitude towards Detroit for insulting you with such
> a
> >lousy design.  Hmmm, Maybe that's why sales guys from Redmond remind
> me
> >of car salesmen. :)
> 


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