Speed of updates

It is getting to be almost impossible to maintain a server these
days. The speed of updates in many cases has become simply unacceptable and
intolerable. I'm talking about a brand-new server with 6 GB of RAM here, and
I've spent hours and hours installing updates that just sit there while
their progress meters do absolutely nothing, and the CPU doesn't even show
any activity. Microsoft must do something about this or else administrators
are simply going to say NO to updates, no matter how important, because a
server just can't be kept in an unstable state that long. Automatic Updates
doesn't cut it for servers; it's just too risky. Server updates and downtime
have to be planned and scheduled in tight windows, not open-ended,
ill-defined extended periods of time. Doesn't anyone at Microsoft get it?

Andrew M. Saucci, Jr. wrote:
> It is getting to be almost impossible to maintain a server
> these days. The speed of updates in many cases has become simply
> unacceptable and intolerable. I'm talking about a brand-new server
> with 6 GB of RAM here, and I've spent hours and hours installing
> updates that just sit there while their progress meters do
> absolutely nothing, and the CPU doesn't even show any activity.
> Microsoft must do something about this or else administrators are
> simply going to say NO to updates, no matter how important, because
> a server just can't be kept in an unstable state that long.
> Automatic Updates doesn't cut it for servers; it's just too risky.
> Server updates and downtime have to be planned and scheduled in
> tight windows, not open-ended, ill-defined extended periods of
> time. Doesn't anyone at Microsoft get it?

Sounds like someone shouldn't be a system administrator or should use more
current installation media. ;-)

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Andrew M. Saucci, Jr. wrote:
> It is getting to be almost impossible to maintain a server these
> days. The speed of updates in many cases has become simply unacceptable
> and
> intolerable. I'm talking about a brand-new server with 6 GB of RAM here,
> and
> I've spent hours and hours installing updates that just sit there while
> their progress meters do absolutely nothing, and the CPU doesn't even show
> any activity. Microsoft must do something about this or else
> administrators
> are simply going to say NO to updates, no matter how important, because a
> server just can't be kept in an unstable state that long. Automatic
> Updates
> doesn't cut it for servers; it's just too risky. Server updates and
> downtime
> have to be planned and scheduled in tight windows, not open-ended,
> ill-defined extended periods of time. Doesn't anyone at Microsoft get it?