We must work for the same company, as we implement the same policies AFAIK.
True, Gmail may be positioned as a profit center for Google, but I imagine that advertising revenue allows break even at best.
3TB of mailstore is not costly for a first class deployment of MS Exchange, as costs can be greatly reduced when going with NAS/CAS (like EMC Ceterra) instead of SAN. I suppose that half of the total capital cost of an exchange deployment is spent in backup/recovery. My company goes way overboard and is super paranoid about B&R, architecting a solution that is overkill - but yet the B&R solution is still unable to rollback/recover email deleted the day prior.
Low Email storage limits are another reason why IT's reputation continues to worsen. If an internet company can offer 2GB+ of email storage to millions of users for FREE, then why can my large company offer more than 100MB of email storage to five thousand professional staff?
Our state (TN) is finding everyplace it can to house the refugees. My city alone has 15,000 refugees needing shelter - not including the ones staying with area relatives. They're everywhere.
Our govts are finding every way they can to house these refugees. I have worked all of my life to move into my "dream home" - I moved in last week. My neighborhood is very prosperous with the average home size > 4000ft2 and price > $600k. Somehow the govt has placed an extended family of over a dozen people in a vacant house stuck in probate. Churches have completely furnished the home. These are people that were in housing projects last week - and they are receiving more "entitlement" than ever before. Crime has already skyrocketed in the area.
I hate to show a "not in my backyard" attitude - but isnt there a more suitable housing solution like the many closed schools, empty warehouses, vacant office parks, and vacant area hospitals?
Benchmarked: Google Appliance != Performance
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Google has many production quality problems with its distributor. I had to return 2 units before I received a functioning unit the 3rd time.
I benchmarked the functioning Google Mini the other day. I havent published detailed results yet, but I can tell you that the performance was very poor considering the performance expection from a brand like Google.
While I think the appliance is very capable, neither the Google Mini nor the larger yellow appliance are suitable for wide enterprise deployment.
I benchmarked the Mini at an average of only 3 transactions per second. Max of 7 TPS, Min of 1 TPS0. Load balancing with 2 boxes only increased speed of transaction time by ~30%.
My company of 100,000+ users certainly can't use a system at this performance. I don't think my workgroup of 20+ people will be able to use it productively.
We bought the box, but I think it will stay in the closet for limited uses. It has potential for h4xng with processor/mem upgrades - maybe even dd to new hardware. But until Google concentrates on appliance performance, their "Google Enterprise" initiative won't be taken seriously by the target market.
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We must work for the same company, as we implement the same policies AFAIK. True, Gmail may be positioned as a profit center for Google, but I imagine that advertising revenue allows break even at best. 3TB of mailstore is not costly for a first class deployment of MS Exchange, as costs can be greatly reduced when going with NAS/CAS (like EMC Ceterra) instead of SAN. I suppose that half of the total capital cost of an exchange deployment is spent in backup/recovery. My company goes way overboard and is super paranoid about B&R, architecting a solution that is overkill - but yet the B&R solution is still unable to rollback/recover email deleted the day prior.
Low Email storage limits are another reason why IT's reputation continues to worsen. If an internet company can offer 2GB+ of email storage to millions of users for FREE, then why can my large company offer more than 100MB of email storage to five thousand professional staff?
Our state (TN) is finding everyplace it can to house the refugees. My city alone has 15,000 refugees needing shelter - not including the ones staying with area relatives. They're everywhere. Our govts are finding every way they can to house these refugees. I have worked all of my life to move into my "dream home" - I moved in last week. My neighborhood is very prosperous with the average home size > 4000ft2 and price > $600k. Somehow the govt has placed an extended family of over a dozen people in a vacant house stuck in probate. Churches have completely furnished the home. These are people that were in housing projects last week - and they are receiving more "entitlement" than ever before. Crime has already skyrocketed in the area. I hate to show a "not in my backyard" attitude - but isnt there a more suitable housing solution like the many closed schools, empty warehouses, vacant office parks, and vacant area hospitals?
Google has many production quality problems with its distributor. I had to return 2 units before I received a functioning unit the 3rd time. I benchmarked the functioning Google Mini the other day. I havent published detailed results yet, but I can tell you that the performance was very poor considering the performance expection from a brand like Google. While I think the appliance is very capable, neither the Google Mini nor the larger yellow appliance are suitable for wide enterprise deployment. I benchmarked the Mini at an average of only 3 transactions per second. Max of 7 TPS, Min of 1 TPS0. Load balancing with 2 boxes only increased speed of transaction time by ~30%. My company of 100,000+ users certainly can't use a system at this performance. I don't think my workgroup of 20+ people will be able to use it productively. We bought the box, but I think it will stay in the closet for limited uses. It has potential for h4xng with processor/mem upgrades - maybe even dd to new hardware. But until Google concentrates on appliance performance, their "Google Enterprise" initiative won't be taken seriously by the target market.