Ing. Matthias Schloegel |
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System Administration
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email: |
matthias at kr.tuwien.ac.at |
Phone: |
+43 (1) 58 801-18464 |
Fax: |
+43 (1) 58 801-18493 |
Sec: |
+43 (1) 58 801-18405 |
Office hours: |
by appointment |
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A most interesting phenomenon SysAds encounter from time to time
MTBUSWA: Mean Time Before Users Start Walking Around
This number represents the interval between a network entering the hosed state and [l]users
entering the :
confused-asking-other-users-if-they-can-reach-the-network state.
Typically, this interval seems to be under 2 minutes, but varies from system to system.
This is followed by the users entering the :
asking-the-admin-if-(s)he-knows-the-network-is-hosed state
Which is followed by the users entering the :
trying-to-log-in-every-10-seconds-until-it-works-state
subsequently followed by the :
immediately-call-the-sysadmin-because-the-NFS-volumes-aren't-there-yet state
... oh god I love this job !