/* mgx@spruce.lsd.ornl.gov [mgx@spruce.lsd.ornl.gov] writes: */
yes, i've had bugs which required an ONTAP upgrade. in fact, i'm waiting on yet another OT version as we chat here :-P
Me too... bug fixes (well, ones that effect me) are "features" worth the downtime. That's not to mention that the downtime to upgrade a filer is often as little as doing a reboot.
I've got a filer that has never had an OS upgrade and has been in service for about 3 years now. My fridge's light-bulb burned out faster than that. :-)
~mitch
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On Thu, Nov 18, Mitch Wright wrote:
/* John Tatar [tatar@dis.anl.gov] writes: */
Interviewer: So you don't have do things like upgrade the OS
NetApp CEO: No, our products are like a refrigerator, how often do you have to upgrade your refrigerator.
Could someone at NetApp sign up the CEO for NetApp 101: Data ONTAP System Administration - Multiprotocol. ;-)
I don't want to really get philosophical here, but do you *really* have to upgrade the OS? Once in production I only upgrade the OS when there are features we find worth the downtime. Maybe I've just been lucky with my filers.