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Not to diss them but I've never seen them do an upgrade that took less than twice as long as they expected. I kinda want to go work for them in IT

Posted by kilboooo (aka kkuphal) Oct 21 '08, 08:29

and straighten their asses out :)

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seriously...we do this alot where I am. - Mel Profit Oct 21, 08:40 6
- This is like what? One nine? -- nm - kilboooo Oct 21, 08:43 5
  - "What's a Nine?" - HSX SI Oct 21, 08:45 4
    - Well, they did say consultants were involved. Maybe they messed it up. -- nm - budice Oct 21, 08:54 3
      - that's a big screw up and from what we've seen it seems like a pattern... - Mel Profit Oct 21, 08:56 2
        
        Yeah, well, you should know how well outside consultants can mess things up -- nm - budice Oct 21, 08:58
        
        The rastafication process must have hit a few snags. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 08:58
You all think I have been kidding... port reset. -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 08:33 3
- Please no, my port growth took so long. -- nm - lileve Oct 21, 08:50
- You'd think if you were just resetting everything it would go much faster :) -- nm - kilboooo Oct 21, 08:34 1
  - I figure they lost a number off ports and are attempting to retrieve/debating on a full reset. -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 08:49
I wonder if they don't have a proper sandbox for testing and so wind up testing 'live'? - ty97 Oct 21, 08:32 4
- one of the most fun things I ever did was tested things in Live for an upgrade once... - Mel Profit Oct 21, 08:43
- It's hard to imagine, but that has to be the case. With the availability of virtualization, etc., I find it difficult to - kilboooo Oct 21, 08:33 2
  - Oh hell, you didn't just go through Beckett.com's transfer. Took 3 weeks and it's still not 100% 10 weeks later. - Will Hunting Oct 21, 08:34 1
    - Worst SO FAR. ;) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 21, 08:35
Indeed. I'm not worried yet. If it stretches into November, then we can worry :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 08:31 7
- I just don't understand the process. Any major upgrade should have been done along side existing systems, prepped, and the cutover should have been - kilboooo Oct 21, 08:32 6
  - I think they have a really small budget which doesn't allow for extra systems. -- nm - ty97 Oct 21, 08:34
  - You assume they have the budget to do it. -- nm - budice Oct 21, 08:34 4
    - I'm sorry. VMware and others give away free virtualization software. It's not expensive to do anymore -- nm - kilboooo Oct 21, 08:34 3
      - Plus their testing may not have been as extensive as the full migration. Sheer amount of data could be causing issues. -- nm - budice Oct 21, 08:36 2
        
        I'd think you'd test with the full data set, but that's just me -- nm - kilboooo Oct 21, 08:37 1
        
        I could kill a large animal with the testing script on my desk. - Mel Profit Oct 21, 08:48

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