Sounds like you have a case. Does the organization want high availability?
For instance, one of our apps was installed on our SBS. It required relatively frequent restarting. Asking for additional resources to improve uptime of all services was the reason for my request. Based on prior poor performance, and a frequent dialog about the need for additional resources to accomplish their business objectives helped get approval. On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Hugo Hernandez <[email protected]> wrote: > Almost the same scenario as you Jonathan. It’s not a matter of should I > virtualize or not because I am familiar with what we have and what we need. > My question is more along the lines of how do I make a convincing argument > to invest in a virtual environment. Current environment is 1 Dell 1950 that > currently does SharePoint, FTP, etc.. and DC to name a few. I have only > been here a few months and there is no centralized A/V or to make it easy > there isn’t much in place other than what was stated and all on one server. > In near future we will need A/V server, dedicated SharePoint server, > Exchange server, to name a few and would like all the HA features to > replicate offsite. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Hugo Hernandez > > IT Manager > > * * > > FUTURE ADS LLC > > 1920 Main St, Suite 550 > > Irvine, CA 92614 > > > > P: 949-251-0640 x215 > > F: 949-251-0680 > > > > AIM: hugoatfutureads > > > > * E-mail:* *[email protected] > > The information contained in this email message is PRIVILEGED AND > CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended only for the use of the individual or > entity it was directly addressed to. If the reader of this message is not > the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copy of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you > have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by > email. Thank you. > > > > *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, May 23, 2011 10:41 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Virtual vs Physical infrastructure > > > > You don't provide nearly enough information to be specific to your case, so > I'll be specific to mine. > > > > My company was rapidly growing in the closet. When I started with the > firm (not in IT, at the time) there was one (Novell) server. When I took > over IT there were three (Windows, Windows XP, and the Novell that the other > guy wouldn't kill off) servers. Within a year, I had demands for 3 more and > a need for 2 more from the IT side of things (AV Management and WSUS). If > you virtualize, you can provision servers (depending on licensing) so that > only one app is installed on a server. This is almost a necessity for line > of business apps we run. It's also nice for keeping the AV management > server, file and print services, email and directory services on their own > server instance. > > > > If you virtualize storage, as I did at the time, you can also pursue high > availability options. Even without high availability, being able to bring a > vitrual machine up on another physical host with 2 minutes of effort is > really nice. > > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Hugo Hernandez <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I have been asked to provide a comparison of the two and why going to a > virtualized environment would benefit our company. Although I have a solid > idea of what needs to be said I wanted to see if anyone had a good > site(s)with high level information that would help me in convincing > management (as non-technical as you can get) to virtualize. We are a small > shop (less than 50 users) who will soon double in size so we will need to > start adding more systems and bring email in house etc. Any help would be > appreciated. > > > Thanks, > > > > Hugo Hernandez > > IT Manager > > * * > > * E-mail:* *[email protected] > > The information contained in this email message is PRIVILEGED AND > CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended only for the use of the individual or > entity it was directly addressed to. If the reader of this message is not > the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copy of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you > have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by > email. 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