How long does it take you to deploy a new server

[Daersun]

From the time I unbox a new server, install windows

do

updates

patches

drivers

monitoring software install

tcadmin install

booster setup

install ips

rack it

configure the switch

configure all of my internal software

 

I'm looking at around the 4-5 hour mark.

 

Granted most of the time is sitting around twiddling my thumbs waiting for windows to finish installing/updating/rebooting.

[HIS-MOTHER]

Drive imaging cuts my time to approx. 45 minutes give or take. Just lay down a image of a drive, add the new IP's and whammo. good to go. LOL

 

Of course the hardware and mobo should be identical from the machine the image was cast.

[Daersun]

I guess im old fashion

[HIS-MOTHER]

I guess im old fashion

 

 

I'm just old and need to do it before I die of old age! LMFAO

[Daersun]

The second part of that question is; How many people actually rack their servers themselves?

[HIS-MOTHER]

I rack all mine myself. Why pay someone if you have the time and are available to access that location.

[JJFS]

It's fun untill you get hardware faillures, so for now I prefer te rent dedicated.

[Defcon|Rich]

2-4 hours to provision. Paid staff onsite do the dirty work..

 

 

Racking servers is great until you start selling more then a few per day..

[Daersun]

ok rich, see I feel better. The funny thing, is its so much faster to deploy a white box then a name brand server.

 

I think the difference is external systems. We do quite a bit of external monitoring to make sure that if a server goes down I get driven nuts.

 

By the way, rich, I might be able to cut your cost on servers down a bit, why don't you give me a call

[tonton]

Rich im renting a box from you. but the location is dallas. is there anyway to move it to the east coast?

[Defcon|Rich]

tonton: It depends on what your looking for. We have machines in all our locations but only certain configurations but I'm sure we can accomodate you further east.

 

 

Jordan: Give me a call tomorrow and we can talk about it.