Does this server meet the hardware requirements for Windows Server 2008r2 ? If you're going to keep it at least three more years, you want to be running an OS that's still properly supported for your mission critical application.
Also, if the existing hard drives have been spinning constantly for the last three years, I would consider those drives the weak link in the chain, and most likely component to fail first. If you cannot afford this server to be down even if drives can be replaced under warranty ( some wait time cannot be avoided ) then I'd add the cost of brand new fresh drives to the warranty extension and then balance that against the cost of a new server. Just my two cents On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Jeremy Anderson <[email protected]>wrote: > I am not even sure what the subject of this should be. I have a server, > it’s about 3 years old, the warranty expires in 15 days. It runs a %mission > critical App%. This App is going to be replaced with %new mission critical > app%. This server meets the hardware requirements for %new app% just fine. > (it does require a BIOS update) Its been a stable and reliable server for > the last 3 years. > > > > I can purchase an extended warranty for around $500, or I can purchase a > new server for around $4500.00. > > > > The bean counters say, buy the warranty, run %new app% on it, life is good > and we save 4 grand. My instinct is that this is a horrible idea, and we > should just buy a new server. > > > > If we run %new app% on %old server% we will be completely wiping and > reloading the OS. > > > > My question for everyone here is: How do I convince the bean counters that > this is a bad idea. Or, is it not a bad idea, and is a 3 year old server > not really that old? How do I justify spending 4k on a server when > technically we have a perfectly good server sitting there to be reused? Am > I just getting distracted by bright shiny things? > > > > %NewApp% is mission critical. If %NewApp% is down, the company is dead in > the water. To put this in prospective however, %NewApp% will not be > redundant, or even highly available and we are not even considering those > options. > > Think of %newApp% like an Exchange server, for a company that relies on > Email for all their communication. > > And yes, I know %newapp% should be clustered or highly available, but its > not going to happen. > > > > Does this email make sense? Any help, or insight on the matter would be > appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > Jeremy > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
