Conference mvblab::alphaserver_4100

480.0. "Management overhead" by NQOS01::16.29.16.107::Pellerin () Mon Feb 10 1997 16:09

During a presentation on AlphaServers I was asked to provide information 
regarding Digital's suggested resources for system management and operations 
for a typical 4100 server.  Before you throw those darts you have just 
reached for, I agree that this is an open ended and need-to-qualify question.

However, do any of our competitors (or us, for that matter) put out any 
guidelines (rough though they may be) that estimate what it will take for a 
particular server to be managed based on the O/S?  In other words, how much % 
of a system manager will it take to manage a Digital UNIX 4.0b system?  For 
planning purposes, this could be important (e.g. "we will need 2.5 FTE for 
managing the AlphaSERVERS running Digital UNIX 4.0+).

This kind of makes sense because we should be able to quantify the 
ease-of-use we tout especially with the new system management tools in 
Digital UNIX.

While much of this is OS specific, some is not - an AlphaServer is an 
AlphaServer.

Any Comments?

Regards,

 -BAP