On 1/13/2012 2:17 PM, Warp wrote:
> Tom Austin<voi### [at] voidnet>  wrote:
>> Workstations could not access the file shares.
>
>> After some looking - memory module went dead - of course it had to be
>> the 'big' one - so from 2.5 GB down to 1.5GB.....
>
>    One would think that if the server is mission-critical, it would have
> redundant hardware. In other words, if for example a memory module dies,
> the only consequence is that the amount of available RAM decreases and
> a big-ass notification is logged somewhere, but otherwise the service
> continues as usual.
>

Yes, I agree, but we are a very small business.  We are only 7 people 
and have doubled in size int he past year.

The Windows server is an old low end Dell server machine.
I'm glad it was the memory module and not something on the MB.

We are working on migrating off of it as time allows.


>    Of course this requires specialized server hardware, as well as
> software support. (I don't even know if Windows supports this. I'm
> assuming NT and its spawns ought to, but I have never heard either way.)
>
>    And also I'm assuming this is not cheap, so management do not want.
>

We do have some methods to getting back up relatively quickly - tho they 
are not instantaneous.  Management is now willing to spend the money 
where needed - tho I don't think we will go to fail-safe quite yet.

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