Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 20:42:24 -0700 From: Blaine Minazzi <bminazzi@w3page.com> To: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISP Conversion Message-ID: <34B2F9A0.647F69DB@w3page.com> References: <00b401bd1b13$59fb1e40$02010c0a@moe.splarg.org>
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> Well... The problem is that you have this attractive box just sitting there > with 3% utilization. Something gets "temporarily" added to it, and it stays > there forever. The best way around that is having a plan and sticking with > it. I have two RS6000's at work, but I will not load perl on either, for > that reason alone. I will get another box, because the beauty of PC's is > that they are cheap and extremely reliable if you configure them correctly. > My boss is cool on this, because we have already inherited many problems > that "happened" when we grew too large to conveniently extricate ourselves > from poorly placed applications. > > I say to advise them that while they _can_ add apps to their PC router, they > should not if they ever plan on growing for the above reasons. I see similar situations all the time with PC's. Set one up to handle a specific task, and off load the work from some other machines or network, and some know it all comes along and decides that we can use machine XXX, since _ALL_ it is doing is thus and thus.... That, or some bean counter who does not know beans about technical or reliability issues.... They can SAVE ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS! ( we won't even get into what that kind of thinking ends up costing them in the long run. ) So, the real problem is usually people who dont know a burrow from a Burro. :-) All you can do at times is smile and shake your head, hoping that someone, someday, will invent a pill, and be thankfull if you get paid by the hour. Blaine
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