Re: [cobalt-users] FYI-Sun/Cobalt support

[Lyle Scheer <lyle.scheer@xxxxxxx>]

Chris Adams wrote:

> Once upon a time, Tech <tech@xxxxxxxxx> said:
> > During a general physical inspection of my network, it was discovered that
> > one of the cooling fans on this particular RaQ had stopped working. I placed
> > a call to Sun and stated my problem.
>
> Cobalt has always been good about replacing fans.  That may have
> something to do with the quality of fans they use. :-)
>
> Everyone should visually check their fans at least once a month.  I just
> went and checked our RaQs (just over 100), and found another RaQ1 with a
> dead fan.  Last week I had a RaQ3 with both fans making a loud racket.

Good advice.  From a general reliability point of view, its the parts that
contain moving parts that usually fail first.  In our case, that would be the
hard drives and the fans.  It's easy to tell when a hard drive fails, but you
might not notice the fan.  One of the nice features of our newest product, the
RaQ XTR is that the fans all have sensors which activemonitor will monitor and
warn you if a fan fails.

- Lyle