IMHO, it isn't needed on all servers, or even the majority of them, *IF* your clients are up to date with AV software. I sometimes don't want the extra overhead on my servers of having AV installed, management of the software, patching of software, the all-too-often conflict of AV with other software, etc.
But, OTOH, I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing to have AV installed on all servers in certain circumstances when done right. Just not NEEDED.... (IMHO). JR Original Message: ----------------- From: David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:53:12 -0700 To: [email protected] Subject: AV on *all* servers...or no? [Cross posted here and on the Vipre Enterprise list] There is some debate among my fellow IS staff here weather AV should be on all 200+ of our servers. From my standpoint my question would be "Why not?" - put it on all servers and exclude what's necessary We are "SQL heavy" and I'm sure performance is the primary concern , but is there any compelling reason to completely leave it off of some servers? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer 971-222-1025 Northwest Evaluation Association - www.nwea.org ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web LIVE – Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
