[33747] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Maintenance Windows for Networks Spanning Multiple Time Zones
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brett L. Hawn)
Mon Jan 22 18:20:15 2001
From: "Brett L. Hawn" <brett.hawn@rcn.com>
To: <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>, <largo@megatokyo.com>
Cc: <tex@delamancha.org>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 17:20:03 -0500
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Pardon my intrusion, but common sense tells me: at a time where you will
have the least amount of impact on the least amount of people.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of
> Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 5:51 PM
> To: largo@megatokyo.com
> Cc: tex@delamancha.org; nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: Re: Maintenance Windows for Networks Spanning Multiple Time
> Zones
>
>
> On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 16:43:29 CST, largo@megatokyo.com said:
> > maintenance windows should be relative to the time zone the
> systems reside
> > in, otherwise a 2am window on the east coast, will become a 11pm job on
> > the west. It just isn't practical.
>
> That was his point. You can't take down one end of a link during
> a 2AM window
> on the east coast and take the OTHER end down during a 2AM window
> on the west
> coast.
> --
> Valdis Kletnieks
> Operating Systems Analyst
> Virginia Tech
>
>
