Comments on: Mission Critical App Nears Uptime Record http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/2008/12/mission-critical-app-nears-uptime-record.html A Technologist and Virtualization Expert Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: domainmaster http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/2008/12/mission-critical-app-nears-uptime-record.html/comment-page-1#comment-387 domainmaster Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:28:50 +0000 http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/?p=253#comment-387 <strong>yo...</strong> wonderful... yo…

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]]> By: Mike DiPetrillo http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/2008/12/mission-critical-app-nears-uptime-record.html/comment-page-1#comment-868 Mike DiPetrillo Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:02:39 +0000 http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/?p=253#comment-868 Thanks for the insight, Keith. It's always nice to have the customers commenting to validate things. It's a shame we can't get more case studies with customer names out there but at least we can anonymously share information this way. :) Thanks for the insight, Keith. It's always nice to have the customers commenting to validate things. It's a shame we can't get more case studies with customer names out there but at least we can anonymously share information this way. :)

]]> By: Keith http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/2008/12/mission-critical-app-nears-uptime-record.html/comment-page-1#comment-867 Keith Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:59:08 +0000 http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/?p=253#comment-867 I worked for the "1516 day" company up until March of this year :-) Patching and keeping hosts up to date is certainly the best practice but as you said in large environments things can turn slow for certain reasons.. we went from 2.01 to 2.5.1. to 2.5.4. Once we began down the 3.01/3.02 train we commenced patching with a bit more frequency. That particular host was rock solid (DL580G2) running 2.01. I worked for the “1516 day” company up until March of this year :-) Patching and keeping hosts up to date is certainly the best practice but as you said in large environments things can turn slow for certain reasons.. we went from 2.01 to 2.5.1. to 2.5.4. Once we began down the 3.01/3.02 train we commenced patching with a bit more frequency. That particular host was rock solid (DL580G2) running 2.01.

]]> By: Mike DiPetrillo http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/2008/12/mission-critical-app-nears-uptime-record.html/comment-page-1#comment-324 Mike DiPetrillo Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:02:39 +0000 http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/?p=253#comment-324 Thanks for the insight, Keith. It's always nice to have the customers commenting to validate things. It's a shame we can't get more case studies with customer names out there but at least we can anonymously share information this way. :) Thanks for the insight, Keith. It's always nice to have the customers commenting to validate things. It's a shame we can't get more case studies with customer names out there but at least we can anonymously share information this way. :)

]]> By: Keith http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/2008/12/mission-critical-app-nears-uptime-record.html/comment-page-1#comment-321 Keith Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:59:08 +0000 http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/?p=253#comment-321 I worked for the "1516 day" company up until March of this year :-) Patching and keeping hosts up to date is certainly the best practice but as you said in large environments things can turn slow for certain reasons.. we went from 2.01 to 2.5.1. to 2.5.4. Once we began down the 3.01/3.02 train we commenced patching with a bit more frequency. That particular host was rock solid (DL580G2) running 2.01. I worked for the “1516 day” company up until March of this year :-) Patching and keeping hosts up to date is certainly the best practice but as you said in large environments things can turn slow for certain reasons.. we went from 2.01 to 2.5.1. to 2.5.4. Once we began down the 3.01/3.02 train we commenced patching with a bit more frequency. That particular host was rock solid (DL580G2) running 2.01.

]]> By: Mike DiPetrillo http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/2008/12/mission-critical-app-nears-uptime-record.html/comment-page-1#comment-307 Mike DiPetrillo Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:53:47 +0000 http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/?p=253#comment-307 Yeah, well, at least these two environments at these two customers aren't getting the new stuff. Of course VMware's competitors still don't have many of the features that ESX 2.0.1 had 4 years ago. :) Yeah, well, at least these two environments at these two customers aren't getting the new stuff. Of course VMware's competitors still don't have many of the features that ESX 2.0.1 had 4 years ago. :)

]]> By: Massimo Re Ferre' http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/2008/12/mission-critical-app-nears-uptime-record.html/comment-page-1#comment-306 Massimo Re Ferre' Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:41:36 +0000 http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/?p=253#comment-306 Mike, <br><br>I remember a HIGH ranked VMware exec complaining about this once: "things like this mean these customers aren't buying the new features in the latest releases! This is not good!".<br><br>I think he was joking. I think ...................................................................<br><br>Impressive though. <br><br>Massimo. Mike,

I remember a HIGH ranked VMware exec complaining about this once: “things like this mean these customers aren't buying the new features in the latest releases! This is not good!”.

I think he was joking. I think ………………………………………………………….

Impressive though.

Massimo.

]]> By: Rick Vanover http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/2008/12/mission-critical-app-nears-uptime-record.html/comment-page-1#comment-305 Rick Vanover Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:55:36 +0000 http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/?p=253#comment-305 WOW! That is amazing. I get the hosts updated frequently, most recently the ESX 3.5 series. So, I'm happy with my 75 days uptime right now! WOW! That is amazing. I get the hosts updated frequently, most recently the ESX 3.5 series. So, I'm happy with my 75 days uptime right now!

]]> By: Mike DiPetrillo http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/2008/12/mission-critical-app-nears-uptime-record.html/comment-page-1#comment-302 Mike DiPetrillo Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:14:57 +0000 http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/?p=253#comment-302 The host was ESX. This was version 2.0.1 I believe in the picture. The host was ESX. This was version 2.0.1 I believe in the picture.

]]> By: Mike DiPetrillo http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/2008/12/mission-critical-app-nears-uptime-record.html/comment-page-1#comment-301 Mike DiPetrillo Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:14:18 +0000 http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/?p=253#comment-301 That's too funny. I guess you get the new record then. :) That's too funny. I guess you get the new record then. :)

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