Re: Equipment release policy?

From: one_of_many (oneofmany_at_nix.nix)
Date: 06/24/04 

Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 21:17:29 -0500

In article <ee525875de36c40a34bb39f935d2e2c3@news.teranews.com>, JF Mezei
<jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> wrote:
 
> Any system that has been around for over a decade will have accumulated lots
> of lint and crud. It may have temporary files leftover thatc ontain critical
> data. There may be many stray email files in a directory that have no pointer
> in MAIL.MAI thus no longer shows in the MAIL utility, etc etc etc.

Even with the volume(s) set to /highwater/erase and regular disc
restructuring via backup /noimage?

Sorry, but I'm certainly feeling 'long of tooth' in this industry after
all these years. Funny how uncertainty increases with learning. :)

Thanks to all who have responded to date. It has been helpfull. Don't
stop! There are more ideas, I'm sure.

Oh, and while I appreciate the spirit of some suggestions, embarassing the
VP won't help the situation. Humilation assumes comptent receptors. =8^)
This whole thing is really about doing the right thing for the clients.

God knows I miss VMS (OpenVMS). :)