[THIN] Re: Starting it all over

  • From: Greg Reese <gareese@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 11:59:13 -0500

There is no budget.  I pretty much have a blank check and can do
whatever i want, within reason.  I even have to figure out how big a
space I want so they can find appropriate office space.

Greg


On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 11:26:17 -0500, Jeff Malczewski
<jmalczewski@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Blades and SAN I would definitely do, if it's in the budget.  We never
> anticipated getting as many servers as we have now (I have 5U left in a 42U
> rack, and we only started with 11U being used) - in just 2 1/2 years.
> 
> I also would have put more RAM in my GC's..
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Reese [mailto:gareese@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 10:54 AM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Starting it all over
> 
> If you had to throw out your entire server setup and start over, would
> you do differently a second time around.
> 
> We have undergone recent changes here and I pretty much get to do that
> after the first of the year.  Exchange, SQL, Firewall, Citrix, Windows
> servers, the whole entire datacenter - gone.  It all has to be redone
> from scratch and it has to be done with an eye on future growth.
> 
> I was thinking of moving it all to blades that boot from a SAN.  It's
> all standalone servers now.
> 
> I'm just curious what the rest of you have run into that you wish you
> could do differently if given the chance.
> 
> Greg
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