Comments on: No one got fired for choosing IBM… http://boldlyopen.com/2005/06/27/no-one-got-fired-for-choosing-ibm/ To boldly muse about Open Source Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:10:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Anothermike http://boldlyopen.com/2005/06/27/no-one-got-fired-for-choosing-ibm/#comment-289 Anothermike Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rabellino.it/blog/2005/06/27/no-one-got-fired-for-choosing-ibm/#comment-289 The HP diagnostic tools are RHEL-only. The HP diagnostic tools are RHEL-only.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boldlyopen.com/2005/06/27/no-one-got-fired-for-choosing-ibm/#comment-290 Anonymous Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rabellino.it/blog/2005/06/27/no-one-got-fired-for-choosing-ibm/#comment-290 Theo, thanks for the suggestion. The machines are running Ubuntu Hoary, no RH over here. Will try your kernel parameter, but ultimately the problem is IBM support being much less responsive than it should be. Theo, thanks for the suggestion. The machines are running Ubuntu Hoary, no RH over here. Will try your kernel parameter, but ultimately the problem is IBM support being much less responsive than it should be.

]]> By: Theo Van Dinter http://boldlyopen.com/2005/06/27/no-one-got-fired-for-choosing-ibm/#comment-291 Theo Van Dinter Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rabellino.it/blog/2005/06/27/no-one-got-fired-for-choosing-ibm/#comment-291 Just curious, what OS/distro are you running on these machines? I have many IBM machines (x335, x326, x445, etc,) that all work terrifically. However, when we tried upgrading from our standard RHEL 3 to RHEL 4, we started hitting a bunch of bugs which caused the machines to crash randomly (uptimes of 2 minutes to several days), which included a tcp retransmit issue. If you're having a similar issue, the RH work around was to put "net.ipv4.tcp_retrans_collapse = 0" in /etc/sysctl.conf and do a "sysctl -p" to have it take effect. I'd also make sure the bios/fw/etc is up to date. You can find the UpdateXpress CD at http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=1201&uid=psg1MIGR-53046&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en<br /> <br /> Don't know if that'll help, but ... :) Just curious, what OS/distro are you running on these machines? I have many IBM machines (x335, x326, x445, etc,) that all work terrifically. However, when we tried upgrading from our standard RHEL 3 to RHEL 4, we started hitting a bunch of bugs which caused the machines to crash randomly (uptimes of 2 minutes to several days), which included a tcp retransmit issue. If you’re having a similar issue, the RH work around was to put “net.ipv4.tcp_retrans_collapse = 0″ in /etc/sysctl.conf and do a “sysctl -p” to have it take effect. I’d also make sure the bios/fw/etc is up to date. You can find the UpdateXpress CD at http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=1201&uid=psg1MIGR-53046&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en

Don’t know if that’ll help, but … :)

]]> By: Anothermike http://boldlyopen.com/2005/06/27/no-one-got-fired-for-choosing-ibm/#comment-292 Anothermike Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rabellino.it/blog/2005/06/27/no-one-got-fired-for-choosing-ibm/#comment-292 http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantdl380/<br /> <br /> This is what I use. Whenever I have trouble, HP support comes and makes it go away. The servers aren't trouble-free but the diagnostic tools on Linux are reasonable, and getting intelligent servicepeople around is as easy as buying a service contract and then calling them when things break. http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantdl380/

This is what I use. Whenever I have trouble, HP support comes and makes it go away. The servers aren’t trouble-free but the diagnostic tools on Linux are reasonable, and getting intelligent servicepeople around is as easy as buying a service contract and then calling them when things break.

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