I doubt either of them could tell you what a blade server is, or what a RAID is...:)
As an aside...systems can and do fail. However in the case of the FAA I am surprised there is not an automatic fail over process in place. I’d be curious to know just how new or how antiquated the systems that the FAA uses are.
Hey oldguy. A lot of the brilliant, hard working old guys who have been maintaining systems like these for decades, have been retiring the last few years. Or in worse cases, dying off.
They’re not easily replaced. Especially by this new crop of talent, which is thin.
Also, not a lot of those guys were that interested in upgrading their systems before hitting the door. The systems were reliable, so they just rode them to the finish line, and left technology in place that is due for refresh.
The obvious result is instability. We shouldn’t be surprised if issues like this grow, as more boomers retire, either. I’m dealing with this same problem where I work right now. The only upside is, age discrimination isn’t as big as it was a few years ago.
There is a lot of shite going on behind the scenes right now. Sky Hunters were up Monday. Most likely somebody was trying to leave the country that they didn’t want leaving. The system doesn’t just work for departures. If it was a real failure all the planes in the air would have been told to land at the nearest airport. Not just routinely carry on.
My gut tells me the FAA let go of the old white guys who knew how to keep the system running in the name of DEI!
“I’d be curious to know just how new or how antiquated the systems that the FAA uses are.”
Since it’s the government, the computers are probably running on Windows 95 because they’re using a custom software that won’t run on anything else so they can’t upgrade.