The original post (below) was inquiring about AS4100 reliability. Thanks to
list members:
Franc Carter
Ed Murphy
Alan Davis
Larry Clegg
and non list members Bob Joyce and Ken Dunn.
The overwhelming response was they are extremely reliable! Comments were:
> I've got Alphas from the old Alphastation 255's to 800's
>to 1000's to 1200's - got a DS10 and an ES40, four 4100s (running Unix, VMS,
and
>NT)....all of 'em have been very reliable.
>Our experience with the 4100's are that they are extremely reliable.
>I have one of the earliest alphas here at home and it
>like the rest of my alphas it has had zero problems.
There was a fan mounted to the microprocessor heat sink problem that has
been corrected. Other comments were that DAT's and DLT's cause more
problems, drives eventually wear, and power supply's can be vulnerable after
5 years or so, but run fine if you don't power them too often.
Thanks for the replies! This list is great.
Regards, Blake
---------- Original Text ----------
From: "Blake Brehl" <bbrehl_at_anritsu.com>, on 12/16/99 1:26 PM:
Hello Managers,
we are nearing the end of the 36 month warranty on our AS4100. This was out
first AlphaServer, so I am curious how these, or previous versions of the
hardware, perform over the long run.
We currently do not have an off site cold server for disaster recovery. The
AS4100 could last us for another 2 to 3 years of business requirements. We
are in California, and are considering establishing a cold server in Texas.
Were considering the AS4100 in Texas, while purchasing a GS80 in 9 to 12
months.
To support this model, please tell me you experiences with similar
hardware. Are they rock solid for many years????...or do they fade after the
warranty period? I understand that answers are based on environment, and
how hard the box is worked.
My experience with the AS4100, AS1200 and a DS20, is that they all had shaky
starts. All of them had the motherboard replaced, infant drive failures, and
mylex cards fail. Then they stabilized, and have been very solid. There's
also 3 variables that have their environment, after the initial failures:
1. less heat, turning off the legacy (3) HP3000's.
2. changing the 4.0d default of defragging every night to something less
(7 drives failed in 6 months, of an 87 drive pool).
3. removing greenbar printers from the computer room.
TIA
Regards,
Blake Brehl
Senior Database Administrator
Anritsu Company United States
Morgan Hill, CA
bbrehl_at_anritsu.com
Received on Fri Dec 17 1999 - 02:02:18 NZDT