Who reports all of this to "The Bobs"? -Adam
On 8/17/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Adrocknaphobia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 6:25 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: CF Licensing on VMs? > > > > Jim there is nothing cheap about VMWare. Although they will pitch the > > whole 'sever consolidation' aspect as a major benefit, we're finging > > it really isn't. > > The bottom line is that it's a heck of alot cheaper to purchase 2 dual > > CPU servers than it is to purchase 1 quad CPU server. The gap gets > > larger and larger the more CPUs you are talking about. How much are > > you paying for a 32-way? > > I'm not paying for a thing - this is an enterprise solution we're being told > to adopt. When you employ 50 or 60 thousand people you've gotta start > dividing up the labor. ;^) > > The physical servers and data centers already exist - we're just being told > move our legacy stuff onto/into them. > > > Then you get into alot of other issues like network cards and traffic > > because your not just sharing CPU, you are sharing other resources you > > traditionaly havent shared before. Enter the single point of failure. > > If you have one 32-way, you'll probably want a second for > > redundancy.... > > I've got nothing at all to say about it - I'm actually several areas removed > from that: I (a developer) talks to our project management team who sets up > meeting with the "Web Infrastructure and Design" team who manages > steady-state servers. They would then talk to the "Internet Engineering and > Design" about things like capacity planning, servers needed and the like. > They would, in turn, talk to the Siemans managed "System Lifecycle > management team" to actually obtain hardware or server space. > > In there you've also got a team who only job is manage Security access > (firewall, domain security, etc) another who manages all access to the > mainframe (our app replicates data from the mainframe) and several others > who control middle tier data layers. > > It's SO MUCH FUN! ;^) > > Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:215535 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
