[j-nsp] Junos power-off not graceful

[james list]

I'm wondering if there is any official statement about this from Juniper...

2015-07-29 11:53 GMT+02:00 Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu>:

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> On 29/Jul/15 11:48, james list wrote:
> > Gents,
> >
> > good day.
> >
> >
> > A customer of mine has in production MX480, SRX3600 (cluster via WAN L2
> > among the two DC), EX8200 in all of the two DC and is asking me a
> > confirmation that it is currently possible to simulate a Disaster
> Recovery
> > issue just powering-off the devices without correct halting.
> >
> >
> > I’m trying to force them to run a correct halting but it seems they have
> a
> > very strict time (few minutes) to deactivate the Datacenter during the DR
> > procedure and are pressing me to validate.
> >
> >
> > I’m looking for:
> >
> > 1)      Official juniper documentation about the issue that occurs if a
> not
> > graceful halting is given
> >
> > 2)      Experience in this kind of issues on the family MX, SRX in
> cluster
> > and EX8k
> >
> > 3)      Any recommendation/help to force my customer…
>
> We once experienced a complete power outage to some MX480 devices that
> caused MPC failure. Those had to be replaced.
>
> Other items at risk could be hard drives inside the RE.
>
> It's hard to say - in some cases, you may be lucky, you may not be.
> Hence the "graceful" to increase your chances of a good outcome.
>
> Mark.
>