[BlueOnyx:08775] Re: A member of our community passes

[John Kelly]

Sad to hear the news Chris..  I followed Darrel's postings here in the list
especially with issues with array controllers on HP servers.. his insites,
postings and documenting into those put me on the right path to solving a
severe problem I had with a brand new corporate server that I was about five
minutes away from taking out the back and running over with a heavy vehicle
after a week of cursing it..

Sincerest condolences to Darrel's family, especially his mother...

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[mailto:blueonyx-bounces at mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Chris Gebhardt -
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Sent: Friday, 7 October 2011 8:58 AM
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Subject: [BlueOnyx:08765] A member of our community passes

Forgive me, this is not a technical posting.  I pass this information 
along because I have always considered this list as more than just a 
technical list-serv.  We are a community.

This is late in coming, but I only learned today.  Darrell Mobley, a 
frequent contributor to the BlueOnyx (and BlueQuartz before it) list, 
has passed away.  Darrell's last post to this list was on August 4 and 
his death was just 5 days after on August 9, 2011.  He was 54 years old.

Darrell has been a customer of ours since 2006 and was an ardent fan of 
the BlueOnyx platform and a vivid personality on this list.   As with 
many of you that I know as fellow BX users and/or customers, I have long 
considered Darrell a friend.

I called Darrell to check in on him today after we had not heard from 
him regarding some alarms that his server was generating.  When his 
Apache failed to respond for 4 hours, we were escalated to investigate 
and restore as per our standing SLA with him.  That was the first time 
that we had stepped in without being asked, and that struck me as odd. 
Darrell's mother answered the phone and told me the news.

Again, forgive me if the post is not of the usual content, but I felt it 
was worthy of mention here.

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Chris Gebhardt
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