Comments on: Is Downtime More Frequent, or More Visible? http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/07/06/is-downtime-more-frequent-or-more-visible/ News and analysis about data centers, cloud computing, managed hosting and disaster recovery Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:07:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Shane Ronan http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/07/06/is-downtime-more-frequent-or-more-visible/comment-page-1/#comment-384 Shane Ronan Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:43:51 +0000 http://dev.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/07/06/is-downtime-more-frequent-or-more-visible/#comment-384 I sure hope it doesn't take a "tool" on users and instead took a toll. I sure hope it doesn’t take a “tool” on users and instead took a toll.

]]> By: Omar Sultan http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/07/06/is-downtime-more-frequent-or-more-visible/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Omar Sultan Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:47:05 +0000 http://dev.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/07/06/is-downtime-more-frequent-or-more-visible/#comment-383 I guess I would wonder if downtime is more frequent. Of course, I cut my teeth on DEC VAXes and the like, so perhaps I have a different frame of reference. :) I think individual products are getting better at protecting against downtime, but I think the systems themselves are getting come complex, so it may be a wash. Even virtualization has a double edged sword. In talking with customers, it can certainly help maintain system availability, but at the same time, it can complicate troubleshooting and problem resolution. One thing that I would agree with is that IT has gotten more deeply integrated into core business processes and customers/employees/management assume system availability, so any and all failures have much higher visibility. Omar Sultan Cisco I guess I would wonder if downtime is more frequent. Of course, I cut my teeth on DEC VAXes and the like, so perhaps I have a different frame of reference. :)

I think individual products are getting better at protecting against downtime, but I think the systems themselves are getting come complex, so it may be a wash. Even virtualization has a double edged sword. In talking with customers, it can certainly help maintain system availability, but at the same time, it can complicate troubleshooting and problem resolution.

One thing that I would agree with is that IT has gotten more deeply integrated into core business processes and customers/employees/management assume system availability, so any and all failures have much higher visibility.

Omar Sultan
Cisco

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