Michael Robinson wrote:
> going to be down on November 20?  Shouldn't PSU have a high 
> availability set up?  OHSU for patient records uses a hidden 
> off site data center that is secured.  Why doesn't PSU do this?

Power & Money.

The Engineering Building and the Data Center there is fairly new. We
have found that there are problems with how the fire-suppression system
was integrated with the building's Power which can result in the
emergency power-off shutting off the Power at a point between the UPSes
and servers.

As for a multi-site high-availability setup, that's where the Money
comes in. There is also Time, but in this case, Money could buy Time.

There is a fourth: Need. Patient records and student/staff/faculty
records are very different--medical emergencies can happen at any time
and patient records are critical. Not being able to get to Banner or
your e-mail or the PSU web site during a planned and advertised outage
is an inconvenience, not an emergency.

> If you are a PSU staff person, please don't be offended.  Some of
> you are very dedicated good professors.  Others, I honestly wonder
> what you are doing there.  I'm not going to list any names because
> that would be stupid and rude.

No offense, but you're a shithead. Do you see how that doesn't work? You
can't be a dick and then say "please don't be offended".

You also don't seem to know the difference between "faculty" and "staff".

Wil

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