I don't necessarily agree that this is a bad idea. If you extend the warranty, ensuring that the response time is what you need, and potentially replace the spinning bits (drives, fans, etc.), I think you should be fine.
However, this assumes that the server is redundant in the usual ways: appropriate RAID config, fully redundant power supplies, failover NICs, etc. Kurt On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 09:36, Jeremy Anderson <jer...@mapiadmin.net> wrote: > I am not even sure what the subject of this should be. I have a server, > it’s about 3 years old, the warranty expires in 15 days. It runs a %mission > critical App%. This App is going to be replaced with %new mission critical > app%. This server meets the hardware requirements for %new app% just fine. > (it does require a BIOS update) Its been a stable and reliable server for > the last 3 years. > > I can purchase an extended warranty for around $500, or I can purchase a new > server for around $4500.00. > > The bean counters say, buy the warranty, run %new app% on it, life is good > and we save 4 grand. My instinct is that this is a horrible idea, and we > should just buy a new server. > > If we run %new app% on %old server% we will be completely wiping and > reloading the OS. > > My question for everyone here is: How do I convince the bean counters that > this is a bad idea. Or, is it not a bad idea, and is a 3 year old server > not really that old? How do I justify spending 4k on a server when > technically we have a perfectly good server sitting there to be reused? Am > I just getting distracted by bright shiny things? > > %NewApp% is mission critical. If %NewApp% is down, the company is dead in > the water. To put this in prospective however, %NewApp% will not be > redundant, or even highly available and we are not even considering those > options. > > Think of %newApp% like an Exchange server, for a company that relies on > Email for all their communication. > > And yes, I know %newapp% should be clustered or highly available, but its > not going to happen. > > Does this email make sense? Any help, or insight on the matter would be > appreciated. > > Thanks > > Jeremy ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
