From: John Jolet (john.jolet@FXFN.COM)
Date: Fri Feb 27 2004 - 10:20:41 EST
Unfortunately, we run a 24x7 environment, so this ratio is way too
high. It's okay for just keeping the balls in the air, but no one has
time to go back and do performance tuning, capacity planning,
configuration issues, etc. Ideally, you want your admins to have some
free bandwidth for "improvement", not just running full time
homeostasis. It also sucks when someone goes on two-weeks vacation....
Gosselin, Mark wrote:
>I have about 125 boxes (mix of Solaris, AIX, HP, and Red Hat), and I'm all alone. Make sure you definitely don't tell your boss that
>one. Previously, I worked for a company that had a "standard" for this. Their thought was 60-75 boxes per admin, which is
>exactly what John Jolet's ratio is... I feel a little bit overworked (especially because I also do some development work), but my
>environment is pretty stable, so another person would likely be kind of bored.
>I do get a college student "intern" in the summer and during winter semester break, so I do get some time to do things that pile up.
>I'm trying to convince my boss that we need someone else at least part time....
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick B. O'Brien [mailto:pobrien@DOIT.NV.GOV]
> Sent: Thu 2/26/2004 6:43 PM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Cc:
> Subject: Admins to Boxes ratio
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> Anybody have any IBM Documentation defining the AIX Admins to Boxes ratio?
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> I'm an AIX Admin supporting some 14 AIX Boxes and a few RH Boxes; I think I could use some help. My boss wants to see if IBM agrees.
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> Thank you.
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