Re: [SAGE] Servers per SysAdmin

[David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>]

>From: "Barnette, Steve L" <steve_b3@corp.earthlink.net>
>Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 17:00:23 -0700 

>I am in a staffing discussion on number of SysAdmins needed for our servers.
>The suits are quoting some Gardner Group article stating one SysAdmin per
>hundred servers.  That sounds high to me, I was wondering what all of you
>think?

I think that devoid of significant context (such as nature of what is
considered "mission-critical," what services the users in question use,
what sort of service level agreements exist, the extent to which local
policies and procedures help or hinder getting work done, and the mix of
experience among the sysadmin staff), any number is just as meaning{ful,less}
as any other.

Cheers,
david
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