On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:56:47 -0500 "Kent A. Reed" <knbr...@erols.com> wrote:
> On 12/6/2011 9:28 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > > 2011/12/6 Alex Joni<alex.j...@robcon.ro>: > >> Sorry Viesturs, > >> > >> I was working on the site (together with a few more helping hands). > >> Everything should be back up now (repos and all). > > I would appreciate, if things like these would have been > > communicated in advance, so that I and other users could adapt to > > situation beforehand and not discovering it, when the site and > > repositories are needed most. > > > > With a help from Chris Radek I got a place to download all the > > required packages to install EMC2. > > Unfortunately, the overall process took me>3 hours, and it was > > already midnight, when I finished installing EMC, so I was not able > > to set the machine up and get it running, I had to revert back to > > old version of hardware - basically, the trip to the client's site > > was almost wasted. Not only time and client's patience, but also > > cost of fuel etc. > > > > Viesturs > > > Viesturs: > > > I have never been in your position of supporting a client but I have > many times been in a comparable position of having to present a > critical demonstration to a sponsor. > > I learned the hard way that I could not depend of such niceties as > network access, remote services, and the like, if a failure meant I > lost my chance at funding. We used to prerecord whole sessions so if > necessary we could play them back "as if" it were a live demo, and > kept printed copies of screen captures and explanatory text just in > case our own computers failed. Think it can't happen? In my career, > I've had each of the items I mentioned fail at least once in a > high-stakes situation. > > CDs, USB memory sticks, and external disk drives are cheap insurance. > I'd load up a couple with the LiveCD, the emc2-dev branch, etc. > > I'd also practice doing the install with these alternative materials > before I left home. > > By the way, it is exactly this kind of failure that makes me shake my > head in amazement when I read about the industry's rush to cloud > computing. What do they do when the cloud isn't there? Performance > guarantees from the cloud providers aren't worth spit. They are based > on the same kind of wishful risk assessment that cost the US several > space shuttles and crews. > > Best wishes. > > Regards, > Kent > > PS - Dave's message rolled in just as I went to send this, but what > the heck. Think of this as a second to his motion. > Murphy and all his cousins are alive and well. Many years ago I giving a presentation at a national meeting advocating the use to TTL logic in chem labs. Unfortunately the media people at the university ( Texas A&M ) were not on top of things. The slide projector didn't have a heat filter. Once the slide was projected I had about 10 sec before it went up in flames. Not the best way to do a presentation. In presentations any thing that can go wrong will ....etc. Dave > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Cloud Services Checklist: Pricing and Packaging Optimization > This white paper is intended to serve as a reference, checklist and > point of discussion for anyone considering optimizing the pricing and > packaging model of a cloud services business. Read Now! > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51491232/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
