Duuuuude. So, what they are like a $50 Billion company (if not more?) Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.com www.eaglemds.com ________________________________________ From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 4:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Consultants
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 Any medical information contained in this electronic message is CONFIDENTIAL and privileged. It is unlawful for unauthorized persons to view, copy, disclose, or disseminate CONFIDENTIAL information. This electronic message may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) and/or entity named as recipients in the message. If you are not an intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately and delete this material from your computer. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message, and do not disclose its contents or take any action in reliance on the information that it contains. ~ 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
