[Ed. note: Technically speaking, MTBF is calculated by dividing the total operating time accumulated by a defined group of components within a given time period by the total number of failures recorded in that time period. It doesn't mean that a component with an MTBF of 3 million hours will operate for 3 million hours on average without failing. Rather, it means that if you had 3 million Cisco clock modules running in the prime of their useful service life, you could expect one to fail per hour from that population. All clear?]
But bottom line, this does not appear to be a serious issue. And I should point out that a relatively bigger deal vis-à-vis HA is nondisruptive code load, which Cisco does support as do McData Corp. (Nasdaq: MCDTA) and Inrange Technologies Corp. (Nasdaq: INRG). Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: BRCD) says it will have nondisruptive code load for the SilkWorm 12000 this summer (see Brocade Puts Up Q1 Loss).
Dear Bob the Beaver,
What's up with TrueSAN Networks Inc.? That company was on borrowed time months ago. Are they finished?
Self-Confessed Disgruntled Former TrueSANer
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