*grin*

Sounds like some of this chest thumping needs backed up with Netapp Certification!

http://www.netapp.com/education/

Of course..I just wanna take Todd to dinner..thats all.

-----Original Message----- From: Derek Kelly [mailto:derek.kelly@genomecorp.com] Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:13 AM To: Todd C. Merrill Cc: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Re: filer Olympics

.... perhaps first prize should be a job offer from NetApp? ;)

Cheers, Derek Kelly Genomecorp

On 7/13/00 at 8:24 AM, tmerrill@mathworks.com (Todd C. Merrill) wrote:

;)

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...

The Mathworks, Inc. 508-647-7000 x7792 3 Apple Hill Drive, Natick, MA 01760-2098 508-647-7001 FAX tmerrill@mathworks.com http://www.mathworks.com

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