@Motobaridi, you are so so right! IT budget is categorized as "overheads" in the Finance Manager's budget proposals. In many places they place ICT Manager to report to the Finance Manager, not the CEO :-)
 


On 14 August 2013 16:37, motobaridi <motobaridi@gmail.com> wrote:
Wash,
I agree 100%, but...in many organisations, the IT budget is often little, and is actually expected to be for the purchase of the next $shiny_but_useless_gadget_of_the_month for managers and such.
Talk about extra storage or backups? At best, you'll get a small usb hdd.
Spare HDDs for the server, "just in case"? Good luck. with that
I'm willing to bet a good number of sysadmins make do only due to their own creativity & initiative - scavenging HDDs from junked PCs, backups stored on personal usb drives etc
Ironically, the fact that they keep things working splendidly on such tiny budgets only reinforces the thinking that they don't need much more. Begin cycle of budget cuts.

//experience speaketh



On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
Job,

There are instances when you can stomach running on a shoe-string budget. I cannot be with data backups. It can never be with data backups. Even with a shoe-string budget, contingency comes first. In many organizations, IT Department is never taken seriously. In fact it never exists until there is an IT problem:)
In any setup DATA is the most critical. I'd forego everything else but make sure the DATA is safe - whatever the budget.



On 14 August 2013 15:54, Job Muriuki <muriukin@gmail.com> wrote:
What happens if the sysadmin asked for the backup drives but were never availed?
Some run on a shoestring budget and they fire fight when ever problems occur.


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> wrote:
True Lenya and Wash,

But a sysadmin should also have standby Disks in his locker just incase ...

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On 14 August 2013 13:23, Anthony Lenya <tlensya@gmail.com> wrote:
Backup!! Backup!! Backup!! Before you embark on anything


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
You have a backup?? Then you will go through it, but not without downtime!



On 14 August 2013 12:40, charles kungu <charles.kungu@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes they are hot swap bays but problem is I dont have the replacements at the moment because i have to take this ones back  to the supplier first coz they are under warranty.


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Adam Nelson <adam@varud.com> wrote:
If they're hot-swap bays, just pull the drive out of the enclosure and put in a new one - done.

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I have a server that has 3 hard disks that have been set up on raid 5, The problem is that 1 hdd has failed and another is showing signs of failing. I would like to replace the 2 failed disks without a downtime on the server, is that possible?

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Job,

There are instances when you can stomach running on a shoe-string budget. I cannot be with data backups. It can never be with data backups. Even with a shoe-string budget, contingency comes first. In many organizations, IT Department is never taken seriously. In fact it never exists until there is an IT problem:)
In any setup DATA is the most critical. I'd forego everything else but make sure the DATA is safe - whatever the budget.



On 14 August 2013 15:54, Job Muriuki <muriukin@gmail.com> wrote:
What happens if the sysadmin asked for the backup drives but were never availed?
Some run on a shoestring budget and they fire fight when ever problems occur.


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> wrote:
True Lenya and Wash,

But a sysadmin should also have standby Disks in his locker just incase ...

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On 14 August 2013 13:23, Anthony Lenya <tlensya@gmail.com> wrote:
Backup!! Backup!! Backup!! Before you embark on anything


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
You have a backup?? Then you will go through it, but not without downtime!



On 14 August 2013 12:40, charles kungu <charles.kungu@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes they are hot swap bays but problem is I dont have the replacements at the moment because i have to take this ones back  to the supplier first coz they are under warranty.


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Adam Nelson <adam@varud.com> wrote:
If they're hot-swap bays, just pull the drive out of the enclosure and put in a new one - done.

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On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:28 PM, charles kungu <charles.kungu@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a server that has 3 hard disks that have been set up on raid 5, The problem is that 1 hdd has failed and another is showing signs of failing. I would like to replace the 2 failed disks without a downtime on the server, is that possible?

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