Agreed. High availability is more a function of industry and function than of size.
*ASB * On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:35 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a similar requirement where core infrastructure (e.g. > authentication, security stuff) needs to be up 4 or 5 9s, and in a disaster > needed to be up again in minutes. It was run active/active, or active/hot > standby for a lot of that infrastructure. Five 9s is <30 seconds > downtime/month. > > Costing a lot doesn't need to be a huge company. I worked for a large steel > producer in Australia once. Having one of the furnaces offline would cost a > similar amount of money. > > Cheers > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, 30 September 2010 5:02 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Consultants > > Duuuuude. So, what they are like a $50 Billion company (if not more?) > > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > Technology Coordinator > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA > [email protected] > www.eaglemds.com > ________________________________________ > From: Webster [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 4:52 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Consultants > > I had 1 client that had to be back up and running within 30 seconds to the > disaster recovery center. They had calculated downtime as costing them just > over $100,000 per minute! They spent almost $10,000,000 getting their > HA/FT/DR stuff setup and tested. They spent almost $1,000,000 just in > Citrix NetScalers to ensure their users would be automatically routed to the > DR site when needed. > > I also have another customer that from January 2 thru April 30 must be up > and running with access to all data with "2 to 4 hours". After April 30, > they have a 5 day timeframe to be back running with access to all data. > Their HA/FT/DR costs are a lot less than the first customer. > > > Webster > > From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:[email protected]] > Subject: RE: Consultants > > "I'm not sure what my requirements are.... which is why I want to hire a > consultant/consulting engineer to help me figure out what my needs are" > > My $0.02....Forget hiring a consultant for now. If you're dead set on > getting a consultant, feel free to email me off-list. My rates are > reasonable. > > You need to sit down with the business owners and explain: > > These are our applications: > > App1 > App2 > App3 > > These are our data sets: > > Dataset1 > Dataset2 > Dataset3 > > Then you need to ask the questions of the business owners/department heads > for each application/dataset: > > What happens to the business if this specific app/dataset is unavailable > for (as an example): > > 1 hour > 4 hours > 1 day > 2 days > 3 days > 1 week > 2 weeks > 1 month > > You also need to list weaknesses and vulnerabilities of your > network/data/applications/etc, which may alter the perspective of your > business owners (particularly for anything that may be unique to your > environment). > > Then ask, "What does it cost the business per hour/day/week in terms of > lost revenue or productivity dollars if this application/dataset is > unavailable?" This gives you a framework within which you can come up with a > reasonable budget for your solution. > > THEN, MAYBE it will be time for you to hire a consultant. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
