SMS. Tre cheap, IMHO. $work uses them for SPARC, Tru, and big honkin IBM tape libraries. FWIW, we buy x86 Dell gear but do _not_ opt for SMS over Dell service contracts.
sysmaint.com I think. Were 7x24 since we don't want n+1 of those architectures in the datacenter! Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2010, at 7:25 PM, "Robinson, Greg" <[email protected]> wrote: > UNCLASSIFIED > > Hi all, > > Wanted some input on the maintenance contract vs. hot/luke warm/cold > spares debate. What does your $work do, and is it value for money? > > If you run with spares, how much of your valuable sysadmin time is taken > up when you have to fix something, presuming that your newer hardware is > "slightly" different than your dead hardware and all the driver > ramifications that that entails. > > If you do have maintenance contracts, do you have something like > critical systems on 24x7 support and others on, say, 9x5 support, to try > and reduce costs? > > Interested in all possible scenarios. > > Thankx, > > Greg. > > IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the Department of Defence > and is subject to the jurisdiction of section 70 of the Crimes Act 1914. > If you have received this email in error, you are requested to contact > the sender and delete the email. > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
