Throwback Thursday: Motivation

Pilot fish gets tapped to install a secure version of FTP on an existing FTP server. But figuring out when to do it turns out to be a challenge.

“The FTP server gets a lot more use than anyone realizes, because many of our processes are automated and EDI-related,” says fish. “The new install will require some downtime for a reboot and configuration.”

So fish begins working with the various groups that transfer files using the server, so he can schedule the downtime. Most of the groups give fish a choice of times when they can live without the system.

But one team leader is less flexible — he insists that his applications are using the FTP server all day and all night. He tells fish that the only possible window for the installation is between 1 a.m. and 3:45 a.m.

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