[THIN] Re: OT: new book concept, looking for feedback

From: "Steve Greenberg" <steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 22:11:38 -0700
Ron,=20

I think it is a great idea and it could have a significant market if you =
hit
the key points that matter most to the larger market- performance,
availability, DR, Business Continuity, etc.  The Wholistic approach is
really a powerful one, but you will have to "translate" that into =
specific
benefits and areas to reach a wider market.

One idea which might be of value for you is to write a white paper which =
is
an outline of the book and look for feedback. You could also use this as =
a
proposal to a publisher to fund the book!=20


You wrote:

>>Of course one look at their back bone with a single core=20
>>switch, or non-redundant switches in the rack or WAN=20
>>weakness with 2 connections but they go into one router etc.

These are great points and could be presented in some "Checklists" for
people to validate their systems.

I wish you luck, I think this is a great idea!

Steve Greenberg
Thin Client Computing
34522 N. Scottsdale Rd. suite D8453
Scottsdale, AZ 85262
(602) 432-8649
(602) 296-0411 fax=20
steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx



-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 4:10 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: new book concept, looking for feedback


(So while you did this as a company I understand you must have a good =
level
of expertise about the technology available and about the concepts of
developing all pieces of the puzzle for high avail/DR.=20

This book would be geared more towards those that DON'T. The vast =
majority
of clients I see preach that they want the 5 9's. Of course one look at
their back bone with a single core switch, or non-redundant switches in =
the
rack or WAN weakness with 2 connections but they go into one router =
etc..
tells you that 5 9's (which is 5 minutes per year) is not going to =
happen
for them.

Also in a lot of cases we are asked to help them build a redundant
infrastructure, then after talking with them the need really is for high
availability, not just redundancy. (fine line but there is a =
distinction).
Anyway I thought there could be a market for something like this, for =
sure
in the medium size businesses trying to keep up with technology and =
intern
growing to rely on it more.=20

Thanks for you input!

Ron Oglesby
Senior Technical Architect
Microsoft MVP, Windows Server=20
=20
RapidApp
Office 312.372.7188
Mobile 815.325.7618
email roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx
=20

-----Original Message-----
From: Rowlandson, John [mailto:John.Rowlandson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 3:34 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: new book concept, looking for feedback

Mallesons Stephen Jaques
www.mallesons.com

Confidential communication




we've just gone thru moving a computer room to an offsite DC and then
replicating all systems to another DC, implementing voip for DR

we also have a large citrix farm to cater for remote access in the event =
of
losing our largest city (1000 users)

we did it all inhouse , but we do have a rather large backend team for =
2200
users

John Rowlandson
Technical Support Specialist
Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Sydney


-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Columna, Melvin
Sent: Wednesday, 11 February 2004 8:23 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: new book concept, looking for feedback


Hi Ron,

At our company, we also invest is not just in-house disaster recovery, =
but
also an offsite facility in case the physical building gets destroyed =
(act
of god)

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Oglesby [mailto:roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 10:44 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] OT: new book concept, looking for feedback


Just looking to get some feed back on a new concept for a book.

The idea is to write a book about building high availability systems. =
From
the network level (WAN,LAN) up through the servers, their hardware, =
NAS/SAN,
client access etc. Should include, webs servers, Database servers, file =
and
print, load balancing and cluster technologies, and of course methods to
recover from different types of failures on different systems.

Is this something that people would want? A look at how to make X, Y, =
and Z
on their network high availability. Taking a holistic approach as it =
were,
not just looking at any one specific technology but instead creating a
roadmap for the entire environment, defining what recovery, fault =
tolerance
and high availability really are, then discussing how to design and
implement for the business requirement?

Any other thoughts as to what someone would like to see in a book like =
this
or if it would even get bought?

Ron Oglesby
Senior Technical Architect
Microsoft MVP, Windows Server=20
=20
RapidApp
Office 312.372.7188
Mobile 815.325.7618
email roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx
=20

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