When our company was only a tiny start-up, the IT Manager had the same idea and handbuilt our entired force of 30 pcs. They were great for the time and for cutting expenses, but it served more of a short term goal. Now that we are 300+ employees strong and the previous head of IT is gone, they cause problems. None of the assembly was documented, nor were any of the parts; we have found out now that there are a variety of different mobos, video card, NIC cards & processor speeds floating around in them, and no one knows what is where.
Kinda makes it a bitch for our current IT staff (me) to troubleshoot effiently and find current drivers, etc.
A plan that that can definately work, but be sure that there are long term standards in case business picks back up; like consistency among machines and documentation up the wazoo.
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When our company was only a tiny start-up, the IT Manager had the same idea and handbuilt our entired force of 30 pcs. They were great for the time and for cutting expenses, but it served more of a short term goal. Now that we are 300+ employees strong and the previous head of IT is gone, they cause problems. None of the assembly was documented, nor were any of the parts; we have found out now that there are a variety of different mobos, video card, NIC cards & processor speeds floating around in them, and no one knows what is where.
Kinda makes it a bitch for our current IT staff (me) to troubleshoot effiently and find current drivers, etc.
A plan that that can definately work, but be sure that there are long term standards in case business picks back up; like consistency among machines and documentation up the wazoo.
Tell me this isn't something Right outa UF