;)
Had a humorous thought...we've had to replace a lot of motherboards and memory in the last 2 weeks for various reasons, and I've been getting pretty good at it. I was looking back at the logs at the actual downtime for these various tasks. My best times so far have been, where "downtime" is measured from the filer messgages:
System shut down with "halt" command.
to
NetApp Release 5.w.xRyPz boot complete.
memory swap: 3 minutes, 57 seconds [0] motherboard swap: 15 minutes, 54 seconds [0] [1]
I've broken the "4-minute mile" for the former, but not the "15 minute" mark for the latter. Next time.
Or, maybe a contestant on "Fix That Filer" ala "Name That Tune":
FilerAdmin1: I can fix that filer in 6 minutes. FilerAdmin2: I can fix that filer in 5 minutes. FilerAdmin3: I can fix that filer in 4 minutes. Wink Martindale: Okay, FilerAdmin3....fix that filer!
Okay, time for some breakfast and some serious work now...
[0] This includes a 32 second "penalty" for upping 4 links on a vif. [1] Three PCI cards: NVRAM, FCAL, quad ethernet
Until next time...
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