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How Many Admins Per User/Computer Have You Seen?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the its-all-about-the-ratios dept.

miffo.swe writes "I'm trying to find the normal ratio of technicians/support tech per user or computer in your average IT-shop. When searching around, I can't find that many examples or any statistics. We manage around 900 computers (mostly Windows XP) and 25+ servers (mostly Linux). There are around 2600 users of varying knowledge, mostly pretty low. I can't find any statistics on this, so real-world examples are very welcome since we do this with one sysadmin (me) and two sneaker techs. Are we seriously understaffed, or is this normal?"

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  1. Re:Over 9000 by SkyDude · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The HMO generated a terrifying amount of paperwork,

    I don't ever recall seeing the word "terrifying" used in a sentence adjacent to "paperwork" but I know what you mean. If the US wants real health care reform, maybe we should ban or severely limit the amount of paper medical institutions can use.

    the company grew organically

    Another excellent word which is a nice way of saying "..the company grew without any plan...". Seems many companies grow "organically" - makes me wonder how any of them stay in business!

    Happy New Year!

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  2. Re:Over 9000 by cayenne8 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "I don't ever recall seeing the word "terrifying" used in a sentence adjacent to "paperwork" but I know what you mean. If the US wants real health care reform, maybe we should ban or severely limit the amount of paper medical institutions can use."

    Still, it is better than having a US Federal Govt. hosted, controlled, mined and (*cough*) protected database of everyone's medical records.

    I'd rather trust my records carved in stone on some cave wall somewhere. Not that I had any trust in them, but, the last thing with the unencrypted drone feeds really made my eyes roll into the back of my head. If they can't get it right in a war related situation, what chance does my personal, private medical records stand?

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  3. Re:Over 9000 by dekemoose · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Schneier has an nice write up of why those unencrypted feeds are in fact not a big deal, pretty interesting read. His logic seems pretty good, I'd actually agree with him that it is no big deal at all.

    http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/12/intercepting_pr.html

  4. Re:Over 9000 by jackspenn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    [Bruce Schneier's] logic seems pretty good, I'd actually agree with him that [not encrypting feeds] is no big deal at all.

    You're either retarded or easily fooled. On second thought, I don't think you are retarded, which is why I want you to have the first chance to buy this bridge I am selling.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwxXSfJxSzQ&feature=related

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