Brian... 126, don't forget the N+1 :-) -----Original Message----- From: brian.hill@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:brian.hill@xxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 9:40 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: DL360 almost humor Cool. I would only need 125 of those for my 500 user farm. :) Brian -----Original Message----- From: Jan Broucinek [mailto:tinybeetle@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:32 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: DL360 almost humor You laugh. I have a test server that is a clone P166MMX with 128MB of RAM and an IDE hard drive. I can successfully get 4 users on that with no real problems or horrible slow-down. Yes it is slower, but not unbearable. Jan Broucinek, System Manager Arthur Rutenberg Homes, Inc. (727) 536-5900 voice (727) 536-7168 x245 direct (727) 538-9089 fax www.arhomes.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <brian.hill@xxxxxxxxx> To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:24 AM Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: DL360 almost humor > > How many Citrix users do you get on that 4 year old Gateway (Pentium 133) > server? LOL! > > Brian > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Stockard [mailto:JStockard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:11 AM > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: DL360 almost humor > > > > If you have 3 servers (as in the original post) and on the same day, all > three go down (as in the original post). You have 100% failure. He had > 2 extra power supply units, so he got two of them back up. This is > still a 33% failure. I have a Gateway server that has been up for 4 > years. It only goes down when I take it down. That is 100% uptime. > The reason of failure on these machines is the power supply unit, that > makes it the servers fault. If it were blue screens from drivers, the > 360 would not be to blame. A power supply unit is supposed to be the > most stable part of the computer. My home computer has had the same > power supply since November 1997. > Just my experience. > > -----Original Message----- > From: brian.hill@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:brian.hill@xxxxxxxxx]=3D20 > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 9:37 AM > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: DL360 almost humor > > > It is 100% failure rate for the power supplies....I never said it > wasn't. > My point was, in the year and half that I've had these servers, no one > server was ever down for more than 4 hours. The only time any one of > them > has been down has been for the bad power supply. The replacement power > supplies have completely resolved that issue. Only 4 hours downtime in > a > year is 99% uptime easy....not complete failure as you state. Since I > have > so much flexibility and redundancy thanks to the design the DL360, I > don't > really care about the short outage. They haven't failed during > operation, > only at POST during a reboot and Compaq has been onsite within 4 hours > to > replace them when necessary. My other Compaq servers have not been down > at > all in the last 1 1/2 years. > > Brian > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Stockard [mailto:JStockard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 6:34 AM > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: DL360 almost humor > > > > Frank Anderson, said he has had 10 out of 12 fail. That is an 83% > failure rate. That is a poor average even for a baseball player. The > original post said 3 out of 3 failures. That is 100% failure rate. > Yes, I do wish I could let my job performance be judged on those > standards. I would be making 1 million a year. :) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: brian.hill@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:brian.hill@xxxxxxxxx]=3D3D20 > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 4:04 PM > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: DL360 almost humor > > > 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 > > > > 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 > > > > Yep,=3D3D3D20 > > I have had 5 at my site go bad also, I think there was a previous thread > =3D3D3D > 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 > =3D3D3D > haven't > failed yet, to get the fix for em.=3D3D3D20 > > Word to the wise, GO WITH THE CHEAP STUFF, GET THE CHEAP RESULTS.=3D3D3D20 > > EZ > > -----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 > > > 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 =3D3D3D > 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 =3D3D3D > replace > the power supply until it goes bad--so basically you have to wait until > =3D3D3D > your > server dies!! =3D3D3D20 > > Thanks, > =3D3D3D20 > Mason B. Dively MCP,CCA > Amdocs CMI Windows Administration > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stansel, Paul [mailto:Paul.Stansel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=3D3D3D20 > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 10:41 AM > To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: [THIN] OT: DL360 almost humor > > > For those that remember the threads a few weeks ago about =3D > DL360s...=3D3D3D20 > > I had purchased 3 of them almost a year ago. They sat humming quietly =3D > =3D3D > =3D3D3D > along > in my datacenter. I never had a problem. Until this morning. 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