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Originally Posted by {OF}Erad
1) What is the realistic impact of virtualization on your business? Are you looking to consolidate applications on fewer more robust servers, or are you planning to run more servers with few applications running on each?
2) Do you run UNIX based Servers?
Are you planning to continue running Unix applications, or are you looking to run applications that are being ported to run on Linux or Windows based X86/x64 based servers?
3) Are you looking to run your server disk storage on the servers themselves, or are you more likely to run your storage from a SAN?
4) Is the advent of dual and quad core CPUs creating a buying shift where 2 socket servers will be replaced by 1 socket servers?
And also 4 socket servers being replaced with 2 socket servers?
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I wouldn't say I'm a IT "guru" but I'll just share what we've been doing at work lately in regards to new server builds.
1.) Using virtualization to run fewer more robust servers. As far as costs its helped a bit, which is very important to where I work. Its also helped a tremendous amount on trouble shooting and tracking down particular issues.
2.) Run a distribution of Linux that fits are needs.
3.) For the most part the storage on the server itself. I think we have one SAN, but I've never touched or worked with it.
4.) Cost reduction, we've replaced around five servers that were two socket with one socket. Otherwise in buying new equipment it just has allowed us to purchase cheaper while obtaining the same amount of performance.
Again, I can't claim to be a "guru". I do what I'm told mostly, lol. Nor do we really handle anything "enterprise" level. Though anything that requires a computer in my town basically goes through us.