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PostPosted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 10:04 am 
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Yes, I can't tell you how many times I've just finished a nice powder run on Castle Apron and said, gee, I need to upgrade Ms Grimwales VPS.

Really, how often and why would this be needed?

If you're doing sysadmin tasks via a smartphone, you have to ask yourself are you really giving your clients your FULL attention.


That depends, if they're on the iPhone app only because something like the washroom has taken them away from managing client linodes on a desktop or laptop, then those clients may have more attention than they should :)


I wonder how many sys admins have dropped their smartphone down the toilet while doing this....

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 11:12 am 
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vonskippy wrote:
Yes, I can't tell you how many times I've just finished a nice powder run on Castle Apron and said, gee, I need to upgrade Ms Grimwales VPS.

Really, how often and why would this be needed?

If you're doing sysadmin tasks via a smartphone, you have to ask yourself are you really giving your clients your FULL attention.


What if say client has called you on vacation because their site is getting hammered (/., reddit, whatever)? And you could just slam in an upgrade remotely to cover it for a day or two?
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 11:58 am 
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vonskippy wrote:
Yes, I can't tell you how many times I've just finished a nice powder run on Castle Apron and said, gee, I need to upgrade Ms Grimwales VPS.

Really, how often and why would this be needed?

If you're doing sysadmin tasks via a smartphone, you have to ask yourself are you really giving your clients your FULL attention.


Oh please; we don't always sit in front of a laptop or desktop. LogMeIn and SSH running on my iPhone has saved my life more times than I care to remember (and I've been sysadmin'ing unix/linux boxes for 21 years or more). No one is suggesting the iPhone app as a regular alternative to the web interface, but if I'm out and about and my video product goes viral I'd like to be able to address the situation immediately. seems like a no-brainer to me.

To Linode: Per-lease consider updating the app to include upgrade/cloning capability, plus suport for iPhone 5 and iPad.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:36 pm 
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gregquinn wrote:
Oh please; we don't always sit in front of a laptop or desktop. LogMeIn and SSH running on my iPhone has saved my life more times...

Don't let vonskippy get to you. He's a pro troll.

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