+1 also what does the extended warranty imply. Server up and running in 4 hours? Besided hardware RAID, also as others mentioned look into virtualization. Makes recovering much easier/faster if there is a problem.
Rene On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't necessarily agree that this is a bad idea. If you extend the > warranty, ensuring that the response time is what you need, and > potentially replace the spinning bits (drives, fans, etc.), I think > you should be fine. > > However, this assumes that the server is redundant in the usual ways: > appropriate RAID config, fully redundant power supplies, failover > NICs, etc. > > Kurt > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 09:36, 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/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
