Me too
My old boss called me today.
He has a problem with his outsourced data center.
Note: The data center is physically 50 feet from
him. But his company canned the MIS directer and
outsourced the entire functionality.
He seems to be having a performance problem.
He has an EMC SATA based SAN. His Linux system
is FC attached to it. The outsourcing firm
replaced a Linux server with another one, supposedely
identical hardware, but upgraded the OS. Went from
RH 2 to RH 3.
His processing got SLOW.
The outsourcing firm said he was imagining it. That
it must be his application.
They then found out the ne server had 1GB, not 4GB like
the original one. Fine, they upped it, got a bit faster.
But it is still MUCH slower than the old one.
The array IO rate dropped from 90MB per second to 1MB
per second.
hehehehehehehehehehehehe.
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
He has no say concerning the outsourcing. He has no pull.
His server is 1 of 20 or so, and the rest seem to be OK.
Wrong time to be making waves. The people who made the
deal with the outsourcer have the political pull, saved
a bit of money, got rid of a few employees.
Who cares if his department is tanking, not their problem.
He might limp along like this for a few months before key
deliverables are missed. Maybe then he'll grow a spine
and do something about it. Or maybe he'll find a new job.
