[THIN] Re: OT: DL360 almost humor
- From: "Stansel, Paul" <Paul.Stansel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 16:56:13 -0400
Hahaha! :) Sorry, that is just too funny.
-Paul
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> From: brian.hill@xxxxxxxxx[SMTP:brian.hill@xxxxxxxxx]
> Reply To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 4:50 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: DL360 almost humor
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>
> LOL! One of my power supplies just died after a reboot!
>
> Brian
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Thurber [mailto:EThurber@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 4:15 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: DL360 almost humor
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>
>
> Hmmm.. that's quite a show of support for Compaq and a rip on Paul. =
> Either way I am entertained by Paul's story and glad that he shared this =
> with us, its good to know these things.
>
> Thanks, Eric Thurber
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brian.hill@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:brian.hill@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 1:04 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: DL360 almost humor
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>
>
> Hey, stuff happens. Nothing is perfect. Think if your work was judged =
> the
> in the same manner you are judging the DL360. If the same standards =
> were
> used (zero tolerance for failure) then you would probably be out of a =
> job.
> Even with the bad power supplies (which are now fixed) they are still =
> great
> servers. They are still my server of choice for the level of =
> flexibility
> they offer. I haven't had any power supply failures once they have been
> replaced. Compared to any of the Dell, HP, or IBM servers, the Compaq
> servers rock. With exception to the power supply failures on the =
> DL360s,
> I've had zero problems with my any of my Compaq servers. With the
> redundancy that I have built in thanks to the inexpensive DL360s, the =
> impact
> from the power supply failures has been minimal. The DL360s have still
> achieve 99% uptime even with the faulty power supplies at a fraction of =
> the
> cost of big servers.
>
> Brian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anderson, Frank [mailto:Frank.Anderson@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 3:09 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: DL360 almost humor
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>
>
> To add:
>
> 10 power supply replacements out of 12 here.
>
> -Frank
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:EZiots@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 1:21 PM
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: DL360 almost humor
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>
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> Yep,=3D20
>
> I have had 5 at my site go bad also, I think there was a previous thread =
> =3D
> on
> this, I never trusted the Pizza boxes that much anyways, and the Compaq
> Folks was in my datacenter getting serial numbers for the units that =3D
> haven't
> failed yet, to get the fix for em.=3D20
>
> Word to the wise, GO WITH THE CHEAP STUFF, GET THE CHEAP RESULTS.=3D20
>
> EZ
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mason Dively [mailto:mdively@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 11:52 AM
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: DL360 almost humor
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>
> Wow!! That is hilarious!! Its funny because I understand your pain--we
> have about 10 of those bad boys and have had to replace the power =3D
> supplies
> on all but 1 or 2. Compaq has a Service Advisory about these being
> defective in a portion of the 360's, but the kicker is they won't =3D
> replace
> the power supply until it goes bad--so basically you have to wait until =
> =3D
> your
> server dies!! =3D20
>
> Thanks,
> =3D20
> Mason B. Dively MCP,CCA
> Amdocs CMI Windows Administration
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stansel, Paul [mailto:Paul.Stansel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=3D20
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 10:41 AM
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] OT: DL360 almost humor
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>
> For those that remember the threads a few weeks ago about DL360s...=3D20
>
> I had purchased 3 of them almost a year ago. They sat humming quietly =
> =3D
> along
> in my datacenter. I never had a problem. Until this morning. I came =
> =3D
> in to
> find one down. Tried to boot it, and it said the power supply was bad.
> Thankfully I keep a spare. Replaced it, rebooted, all was good. As it =
> =3D
> was
> coming up, a second one suddenly powered down. I said "hmmm...." and =
> =3D
> tried
> to power it back up. Bad power supply! I pulled one of my test 360s =
> =3D
> and
> yanked the power supply from it, and got that one rebooting. As it was
> coming up... you guessed it, the 3rd died. I swear, it was so funny I =
> =3D
> had
> to laugh. They actually died in the same order they had been activated =
> =3D
> in,
> one right after the other. I felt like I was on Bloopers or something! =
> =3D
> The
> third, sadly, is down until I can get a replacement power supply. Gah!
>
> -Paul
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