Re: [SAGE] Servers per SysAdmin

[Jeff Tyler <jeff@jthome.jthome.com>]

Remind me never never to post after midnight ;-)  Yeah, 50 servers per SA.
As others have pointed out here that ratio is dependent on a whole slew of
variables like OS mix, support levels provided, etc.  That number has been
around for quite a while, we were using it in DECathena in the early 90s as
an "industry standard" for instance, well before wintel made major inroads
into our world.  Causes me to wonder if anyone * really * checks it on a
regular basis.  

JT

"Dave Close says:"
> 
> Jeff Tyler wrote:
> >According to Gartner about 3 weeks ago in Dallas at the Mid Sized
> >Enterprise Summit, the number is more like 50 SAs/server.
> 
> Wpw! So for 100 servers, we need 5K admins? Or did you mean the reverse?
> -- 
>        Dave Close, Compata, Costa Mesa CA       +1 714 434 7359   
>        dave@compata.com              dhclose@alumni.caltech.edu         
> The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree,
> is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals.
> We cause accidents.  -- Nathaniel Borenstein
> 
> 


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