The second customer sounds like a CPA firm... On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Webster <carlwebs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I had 1 client that had to be back up and running within 30 seconds to > the disaster recovery center. They had calculated downtime as costing them > just over $100,000 per minute! They spent almost $10,000,000 getting their > HA/FT/DR stuff setup and tested. They spent almost $1,000,000 just in > Citrix NetScalers to ensure their users would be automatically routed to the > DR site when needed. > > > > I also have another customer that from January 2 thru April 30 must be up > and running with access to all data with “2 to 4 hours”. After April 30, > they have a 5 day timeframe to be back running with access to all data. > Their HA/FT/DR costs are a lot less than the first customer. > > > > > > Webster > > > > *From:* Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] > *Subject:* RE: Consultants > > > > "*I'm not sure what my requirements are.... which is why I want to hire a > consultant/consulting engineer to help me figure out what my needs are*" > > > > My $0.02....Forget hiring a consultant for now. If you’re dead set on > getting a consultant, feel free to email me off-list. My rates are > reasonable. > > > > You need to sit down with the business owners and explain: > > > > These are our applications: > > > > App1 > > App2 > > App3 > > > > These are our data sets: > > > > Dataset1 > > Dataset2 > > Dataset3 > > > > Then you need to ask the questions of the business owners/department heads > for each application/dataset: > > > > What happens to the business if this specific app/dataset is unavailable > for (as an example): > > > > 1 hour > > 4 hours > > 1 day > > 2 days > > 3 days > > 1 week > > 2 weeks > > 1 month > > > > You also need to list weaknesses and vulnerabilities of your > network/data/applications/etc, which may alter the perspective of your > business owners (particularly for anything that may be unique to your > environment). > > > > Then ask, "What does it cost the business per hour/day/week in terms of > lost revenue or productivity dollars if this application/dataset is > unavailable?" This gives you a framework within which you can come up with a > reasonable budget for your solution. > > > > THEN, MAYBE it will be time for you to hire a consultant. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
