Posted on 06/08/2007 11:55:30 AM PDT by cdbull23
FAA computer systems reported down across East Coast... Developing...
Victor, give me a vector
You might want to check my #19...
Monk every time sometime airport computer went down why everybody do Jive talking reset from Airplane WHY IS THAT
Because we find it entertaining!
Snakes...
“This is the Captain speaking. We will be serving complementary meals after all. Just be patient while we, ah, nevermind.
If any of you happen to observe an, ah, appetizer presenting itself, first observe whether it sees you. If so, please release your safety belt with the hand furthest away, and slowly exit to the aisle.”...
Laughing :-)
I make my living with computers. Their failure is my bread and butter.
So you think this is a desktop problem?
Please tell me you’re joking, right?
This critical infrastructure runs on windows?
I remember when LA Center in Palmdale went down because they didnt reboot the system every 72 days.
Apparently there is a buffer overload problem, and they laid off the guy that was responsible for rebooting the system every two months.
I would certainly hope that is the case, when there are far more stable, less flashy, less crticial-error-prone systems out there. Let’s see: Tandem Nonstop, IBM OS/X, Sun, Linux, to name a few. Far more appropriate (esp. first two) for mission critical applications.
Nope. IIRC, ATC runs on (or depends on) Windows 2000 and 2003. Some of the related systems run on XP.
The FAA has decided as of a month ago that they were not interested in “upgrading” to Vista. Instead, they’re going with Linux.
Evidence: http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=2275
“Microsoft server crash nearly causes 800-plane pile-up”
“The failure was ultimately down to a combination of human error and a design glitch in the Windows servers brought in over the past three years to replace the radio system’s original Unix servers, according to the FAA.
“The servers are timed to shut down after 49.7 days of use in order to prevent a data overload, a union official told the LA Times. To avoid this automatic shutdown, technicians are required to restart the system manually every 30 days. An improperly trained employee failed to reset the system, leading it to shut down without warning, the official said. Backup systems failed because of a software failure, according to a report in The New York Times.”
I now see you are a “take-charge” kinda guy!
It’s ok, one can’t take too many showers on threads like these. :)
Oh noes!
...and stop calling him Shirley!
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