IT Answers » Server maintenance http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers Sat, 18 May 2013 21:33:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 What’s the typical life span of a Windows Server? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/whats-the-typical-life-span-of-a-windows-server/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/whats-the-typical-life-span-of-a-windows-server/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:23:31 +0000 TeachMeIT How long would you suggest maintaining a single installation before you decide it’s time to format/reinstall/update? My Windows Server 2003 Enterprise is at 4 years.

]]> http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/whats-the-typical-life-span-of-a-windows-server/feed/ 7 Inergen release associated with acute hard drive failure rate. What effect causes the damage? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/inergen-release-associated-with-acute-hard-drive-failure-rate-what-effect-causes-the-damage/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/inergen-release-associated-with-acute-hard-drive-failure-rate-what-effect-causes-the-damage/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:54:17 +0000 EeektheMad http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/inergen-release-associated-with-acute-hard-drive-failure-rate-what-effect-causes-the-damage/feed/ 4 Another example of “shot gunning” http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/another-example-of-shot-gunning/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/another-example-of-shot-gunning/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:29:11 +0000 Jim4522 Adding to the issue of “shot gunning, in that same 3011 maintenance actions on 10,000 servers over one year there were 54 instances where the engineer replaced 2 memory DIMMs, is he guessing or does he know both are bad? Is that even likely? Jim4522

]]> http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/another-example-of-shot-gunning/feed/ 0 Periodically rebooting servers http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/periodically-rebooting-servers/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/periodically-rebooting-servers/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:47:13 +0000 Jim4522 Should servers periodically be powered off and then be rebooted independent of any symptom of a problem? Jim4522

]]> http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/periodically-rebooting-servers/feed/ 2 Which of the following can a user reasonably do for himself http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/which-of-the-following-can-a-user-reasonably-do-for-himself/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/which-of-the-following-can-a-user-reasonably-do-for-himself/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:33:33 +0000 Jim4522 There are clearly maintenance functions that require the skill of a vendor maintenance engineer to perform on servers but are the following within a users capability to carry out?

Replacing a failed disk drive?
Replacing the power supply?
Replacing the Fan?
Replacing Memory Dimm?
Replace CPU?

Jim4522

]]> http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/which-of-the-following-can-a-user-reasonably-do-for-himself/feed/ 3 Two approaches to maintenancing servers http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/two-approaches-to-maintenancing-servers/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/two-approaches-to-maintenancing-servers/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:38:33 +0000 Jim4522 When a server suffers a hardware failure there are two ways to respond. The traditional way is to have onsite maintenance which can be very expensive the other is to replace the failing server with a backup device. In a large server site backup seems the more economical approach but is often opposed by operations because formating/setting up a new server seems to creat problems. Is it easier to use a backup server if the shop is using virtualization? Jim4522

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