they forgot the third option - cheap servers ran in single tier fashion. If one dies, you just swap it out, and then build another for emergency. Granted there is some down time, but it works as a good cheap end solution
@mail their support sucks, they nix'd the forums becuase people were ragging on them.
I honestly believe it is a few guys that just work on this and try to pretend that it is a company. You always go into voicemail, so I am sure that the tech is working somewher else and running to a conference room to check his email.
who then pays when it is down. SLA's for the most part are a joke. Did you ever get your 10,000 per hour back for downtime? I was down multiple T-1's for a week and never got a single penny. The owners estimated that we loose 8K per hour for T-1. that week was 6 t-1x10hoursx4 days = 240x8K
if you are moving to a level that you need uptime, but cant dedicate more resources to overseeing it - you may want to considering a hosted solution.
They host, monitor, upgrade, do checkups (YMMV with whom you choose)
If that isnt something you want to venture down, then start planning outages for fsck, upgrade, and standard checkups. There are alos plugins for NAGIOS that will check different RAID controller status, server response, and server load
keep it modular so you dont have to tinker with the whole to modify a part
will stimulate diverse and adaptable solutions.. its like the google/yahoo API theory.. "show us what else we should/could be doing"
I recently have been extended a job offer from a internet search company _insert_name_here_. I will be part of the engineering team of one of thier more recent rollouts. I am extremely excited about the opportunity, what (who) it will expose me to, what I will learn and where I will be (and can go) with my career path. However, I will be taking a 20% pay cut and moving from a much lower cost of living area to a higher one. I will also be joining the ranks of the development team, whereas now I am part of the decision making team and manage a group of 3 IT team members. Where I am now is great in terms of responsibility, interacting with the business direction of the company and having a high amount of say of what needs to be done, timelines, and resources that we can expend to make it happen. I will definately miss some of those freedoms/responsibilities, but on the other hand I am at the top of any movement within the organization both vertically and laterally. The job stays engaging and challenging, but it has lost some of its charm. I am torn, I know this is a great career move, but is it wrong to take a cutback in pay and move back to being part of the minions as opposed to be part of the management team? Any suggestions?
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they forgot the third option - cheap servers ran in single tier fashion. If one dies, you just swap it out, and then build another for emergency. Granted there is some down time, but it works as a good cheap end solution
@mail their support sucks, they nix'd the forums becuase people were ragging on them.
I honestly believe it is a few guys that just work on this and try to pretend that it is a company. You always go into voicemail, so I am sure that the tech is working somewher else and running to a conference room to check his email.
they try hard but fail miserably in my opinion
who then pays when it is down. SLA's for the most part are a joke. Did you ever get your 10,000 per hour back for downtime? I was down multiple T-1's for a week and never got a single penny. The owners estimated that we loose 8K per hour for T-1. that week was 6 t-1x10hoursx4 days = 240x8K
if you are moving to a level that you need uptime, but cant dedicate more resources to overseeing it - you may want to considering a hosted solution. They host, monitor, upgrade, do checkups (YMMV with whom you choose)
If that isnt something you want to venture down, then start planning outages for fsck, upgrade, and standard checkups. There are alos plugins for NAGIOS that will check different RAID controller status, server response, and server load
keep it modular so you dont have to tinker with the whole to modify a part will stimulate diverse and adaptable solutions .. its like the google/yahoo API theory .. "show us what else we should/could be doing"
keep getting smaller till we dont have to see windows anymore
I recently have been extended a job offer from a internet search company _insert_name_here_. I will be part of the engineering team of one of thier more recent rollouts. I am extremely excited about the opportunity, what (who) it will expose me to, what I will learn and where I will be (and can go) with my career path. However, I will be taking a 20% pay cut and moving from a much lower cost of living area to a higher one. I will also be joining the ranks of the development team, whereas now I am part of the decision making team and manage a group of 3 IT team members. Where I am now is great in terms of responsibility, interacting with the business direction of the company and having a high amount of say of what needs to be done, timelines, and resources that we can expend to make it happen. I will definately miss some of those freedoms/responsibilities, but on the other hand I am at the top of any movement within the organization both vertically and laterally. The job stays engaging and challenging, but it has lost some of its charm. I am torn, I know this is a great career move, but is it wrong to take a cutback in pay and move back to being part of the minions as opposed to be part of the management team? Any suggestions?