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Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:10:37 -0700
From: Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@lsi.com>
To: "Limato, Dave" <Dave.Limato@lsi.com>
Cc: "Currin, Shawn" <Shawn.Currin@lsi.com>, Brian Stark
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Subject: Re: boldish new lab plan -- no too bold or new
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On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:54:03 -0600 "Limato, Dave" <Dave.Limato@lsi.com>
wrote:

> Whoa horsey.... Whoa...
> 
> I think this is a slight breakdown in communication but its ok. Lots
> of good ideas. Sandrine left Shawn in Charge, Brian left you in
> charge. No big deal, lets just close the loop. The important thing
> is, the borg (LSI Corp), has invited us to a meeting tomorrow to
> decide, or help us decide how things should/will operate. You should
> call in or join us just so hear what thoughts they have.
> 
> I think any plan needs to have the following....
> 
>     Workable resource schedule (Your first bullet is good.)
>     What improvement is needed in the lab
>     A plan to be able to identify a collision of resources (See
> number 1).
> 
> One of the primary responsibilities of the lab manager has to be an
> understanding of who is using what when, and for how long. The old
> regime did a good job of doing this for filers and clients but not
> the same can be said for storage. That was stored up in the old
> noggin. Which is fine, as long as someone is assigned to that task.
> 
> For example, lets pretend that 3Par needs to be qualified. The lab
> manager typically would co-ordinate and move the dev folks off that
> device, and give us a window to get our work done.
> 
> So all good stuff. If you can make it tomorrow fine. If not, we will
> let you know what we find out. I think we need to not sign up for
> anything until we are all in agreement. I will send you the mail
> chain I have.
> 
> Any progress on operation "saverich"    ?


Well, I'm glad Chris sent this to you, because I had no idea anything
else was going on.

My discussion with Rich is that he has been limited to no more than 30
hours a week, with no minimum specified.  LSI doesn't need the max
limit like Onstor did because of cash reasons, but he's never been
officially told that the limit is lifted, nor has anyone said we need a
minimum number of hours.

He said he hasn't thought about going permanent, he would give it some
thought, but that the general requirements for a permanent person (be
slightly "on call", regular day time hours, etc.) wouldn't be a problem.

> From: Vandever, Chris
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 4:36 PM
> To: Sharp, Andy; Sharp, Andy
> Cc: Limato, Dave; Kozlovsky, Maxim; Chong, Fay
> Subject: RE: boldish new lab plan -- no too bold or new
> 
> 
> I'm not sure what problem you're trying to address.  What do you mean
> by "actually works" and "actually useful"?  What is "start.pl" and
> what will it do for me?
> 
> 
> 
> Perhaps a meeting would be helpful, with a demo of what the problems
> are and/or what a better solution is.
> 
> 
> 
> ChrisV
> ________________________________________
> From: Andrew Sharp [andy.sharp@lsi.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 2:24 PM
> To: Sharp, Andy
> Cc: Vandever, Chris; Limato, Dave; Kozlovsky, Maxim; Chong, Fay
> Subject: Re: boldish new lab plan -- no too bold or new
> 
> Resending as I forgot to include Fay in the recipients.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> a
> 
> On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:06:14 -0700 Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@lsi.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > After Arnaldo leaves us today, I'll be taking over direction of the
> > elab.  One of the first things I want to do is put together a plan
> > of where we want this thing to go in the lab to improve it's
> > usefulness including how efficiently it can be utilized.
> >
> > I know what I want, but different folks use the lab and its
> > resources in different ways, so I wanted to get feedback from you
> > folks on what the lab is useful for and what it should be useful
> > for.
> >
> > Please take just a couple of minutes to look over this short list of
> > things, and give me your feedback: what else needs to be on the
> > list; what other requirements are missing from current things on
> > the list; what crazy things should we have but have never been
> > dreamt of yet?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > a
> >
> > http://wiki.onstor.net/wiki/Lab#Bold_New_Lab_Plan_.28But_not_too_bold.21.29
> >
