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    Burned by Eschewing Best Practices

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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403
      last edited by

      For an Unlimited amount of money, I may be able to help him 😛

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1274399-bad-language-frusterated-with-server-boot-drives

        • Not using backup software
        • Not virtualizing
        • Pulling drives out of a RAID array to "do stuff with them" and putting them back
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        • DustinB3403D
          DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said:

          http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1274399-bad-language-frusterated-with-server-boot-drives

          • Not using backup software
          • Not virtualizing
          • Pulling drives out of a RAID array to "do stuff with them" and putting them back

          haha.... sounds like someone needs to learn some of the basics of systems administration and configuration... should really make a book on that... and use these as wonderful examples of what to not F^&^((& do.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            It gets worse... no RAID for the system, SSD for boot but not data...

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            • DustinB3403D
              DustinB3403
              last edited by DustinB3403

              I think that the worst thing there is he didn't word-wrap a single sentence, until the very end. Everything is it's own line until the end.

              And his response for it being broken is "I have no time to learn". There is no way someone is busy 24/7 that they don't have enough time to learn something new that will save them work in the long run.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
                last edited by

                He has a great attitude, though. He's taking everything constructively and looking to make changes. I'm impressed.

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                • dafyreD
                  dafyre
                  last edited by

                  Maybe he's one of the few that recognizes the folks commenting are not out to attack him, but help him... and for free!

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                  • DustinB3403D
                    DustinB3403
                    last edited by

                    Well he did have to leave for lunch to take a breather.

                    IT Really shouldn't be so stressful that people have to rage like this. Had he come the a community and asked before attempting to implement he'd already be in great shape.

                    Currently he's completely bent and cooling off. So helping him to understand may work, but he'll need a good amount of hand holding.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @dafyre
                      last edited by

                      @dafyre said:

                      Maybe he's one of the few that recognizes the folks commenting are not out to attack him, but help him... and for free!

                      Seems that way. It was a tough start too, with him being pretty upset and venting in the OP. But immediately he went rational, explained the hows and whys and stuff and is really looking for good feedback.

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                      • RojoLocoR
                        RojoLoco
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                        I guess that thread shows the quality of IT staff you get when you pay them a non-profit company IT wage... incompetent with a chance of irrational. Talk about "take whatever you can get". Hope he keeps his head out of his ass after SW fixes what he broke (for free).

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                        • dafyreD
                          dafyre @RojoLoco
                          last edited by

                          @RojoLoco He's had a chance to cool off a bit after he gets some food in him, lol. He's doing things the "way he's always done them" -- and that's not a bad thing (Best practices aside), because it always works...until it doesn't.

                          At best, he learns a bit from Scott about RAID 1, RAID 10, and virtualization. At worst, he just stays frustrated and keeps digging himself deeper.

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                          • DustinB3403D
                            DustinB3403
                            last edited by

                            Well he's getting his RAID 10 Array built now, and should report back soon. I'm steering him to XenServer. If other want to stir him in other directions go ahead.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller
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                              He's doing great.

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                              • brianlittlejohnB
                                brianlittlejohn @scottalanmiller
                                last edited by

                                @scottalanmiller Hopefully he has an actual RAID card.

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                                • DustinB3403D
                                  DustinB3403
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                                  @brianlittlejohn said:

                                  @scottalanmiller Hopefully he has an actual RAID card.

                                  Hopefully (if he does) the drives are actually connected to it, and not the motherboard....

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @brianlittlejohn
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                                    @brianlittlejohn said:

                                    @scottalanmiller Hopefully he has an actual RAID card.

                                    Not looking likely.

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                                    • brianlittlejohnB
                                      brianlittlejohn @scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by

                                      @scottalanmiller Thats a shame.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
                                        last edited by

                                        It's a Lenovo Thinkserver TD350

                                        td350.png

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller
                                          last edited by

                                          And... it's FakeRAID.

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                                          • RomoR
                                            Romo
                                            last edited by

                                            He could still use software raid, couldn't he?

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