> From: tech-boun...@lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lopsa.org] On Behalf > Of Robinson, Greg > > 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?
My advice is: If you have single-point-of-failure mission critical servers, go for the absolute best support contract. Things like database servers, and NAS servers and stuff. Depending on the cost/value of downtime, you might also have a spare identical unit standing by, just incase the mfgr is unable to deliver on their SLA. If you have a compute farm full of lots of identical interchangeable systems, and you can afford one or two to be in downtime at any given moment, then go with spares. _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
