servers vs. workstations, was Re: just in case you missed it

Trent Shipley plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Wed, 9 May 2001 13:56:18 -0700


Hm.  I wonder how many security updates could be done without a shutdown.
(There is something to be said for the ability to do rolling updates in a
cluster -- even if it is a minimal failover cluster.)


> Unless the designated administrator is made aware of what,where,when,and
> how to get security updates the problem will not go away and will get
> progressivly worse.
> Getting downtime in some environments means waiting for a blue screen
> or power outage which delays updates.