To all:

Donna G. wrote,
"don't go down that road.  i don't care what you're hearing from your
management -- you *can't* go into unix production *without* a test *and*
development server.  this is very much a case of not being in kansas (aka
mpe-land) anymore.  in unix-land (must be where the wicked witch of the
west
lives :-), you've got to have multiple boxes to support your production
environment.  it's a recipe for disaster otherwise (aka 'a career
threatening move')."

How true,  we've had to utilize up to 10 HP-UX servers to replace 2 3000's.
The application is a giant
ERP system.  1 large database server, 3 application servers, 1 .bat
(batchfile) server, 1 test, 1 for
development, 1 for sandbox, 1 for knowledge, and 1 for training.  We have
since consolidated
some of these so we are now at 7 to replace 2.  The apps servers do provide
redundancy and we
utilize MCServiceGuard for Failover protection.  So our ratio is correct
for our environment.

Bottom line is that the application dictates the amount of servers you'll
need.

My opinions are my own and not my employers.

Chuck Ciesinski
Hughes Network Systems
Germantown, MD
p  301 601 2608
f   301 601 6303
email  [log in to unmask]
"Oh well, chocolate is GOOD"  Chuck Ciesinski

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