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Best of luck.

I think that before you determine where the fault lay in your attempts to virtualize NPM prior, you need to size up where that gap in performance exists. Is it in Disc access? If so, vSAN would potentially resolve that. There're many possible causes for that sluggishness. My point was, while your mileage may vary, doing so…

The more you rely on the virtual layer, the less you need to plug unique cables into physical switch ports. You'll never be able to get away with not using switches, but you can certainly reduce the number of ports in use. Even more to the point, though, is that you'll be able to simplify the configurations sitting on the…

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By no means is this a panacea, but the truth is, there are some environments that have developed in such a manner as this is at best aspirational.

Good luck on your new endeavor. If I can help, let me know.

I can assure you that you're the exception and not the rule. I still see this all the time.

@KColgan Really good piece of advice there. I have suffered the ego thing in the past and, well, suffice to say, I had a specific comeuppance. These are things that can be taught, but really must be learned.

Oh, this is a necessity!

No doubt, rschroeder​ - Forgive me. To my mindset, there should be no deployment whatsoever without proper testing ahead of time in sandbox or development environments. Of course, without stipulating that, I didn't acknowledge the detail. I'll do better moving forward.

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I've seen way too many of these implementations go awry because the variables hadn't been truly considered. I appreciate the feedback, df112​

I have no crystal ball, thus I have no idea if the changes are done or not, but I do believe that these moves are being deliberated with a high degree of scrutiny. It appears very appropriate and intelligent to me, while aggressive, that the changes are being made strategically.

Thanks, Vinay. What a nice thing to say.

I think that you're right, in many ways. I think that often, the advancements made in technology make for new issues, sometimes worse issues that must be resolved. To leverage your example, that of VOIP, the potential benefits of telecom merging with network is inescapable, but wow, the complexities are daunting. I'd also…

I've been accused of being pedantic before, and rightly so! I make concerted effort to not use the 10$ words, when a more accessible one is just as accurate. That being said, when I can economically use the ideal word, even if it is more rarified than it needs to be, I'll still choose that one, but only out of necessity. I…

@Zennifer This should be an approach to all architectural discussion. You may not always know the full detail of what you'll need when you must jump to a solution, but a good presales architect will hopefully know the space, know the relevant questions to answer, and help you to distill from the options available the best…

Actually, like virtualization, the concept of containers did start on Mainframes. Of course, the dynamic flexibility and inherent mobility of these containers is truly unlike mainframes.

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Thank you, @Byrona - I agree, HP got the message out poorly, particularly when you put it in the context of a very smart move. If that job were open, I'd be interested.

I'm often quite clear. "You've decided that this is a 5 year depreciation, so lets figure out how the cost makes sense, in terms of scalability." Using this model, we can surely prove that cost will quite often go out the window on an annual amortization, with the potential need to add more to the cluster. Cost should be a…

Thanks. I hope you continue to enjoy.

Thank you, Jeremy. I hope you like my next one as well.

I'm not always successful, but my eyes are always on the prize.

I think not. In a utopian IT world, then yes, you'd have these interactions the way you describe, but the SysAdmin's job has been historically, at least partly to support the developer in providing stable environments for them to work on. It hasn't been one where the developer has had tasks to support infrastructure. I'd…

I've thought of ideas in ways we'd be able to handle this, but, well, I figure it as cost of doing business, and while frustrating, certainly, it's better to play the long game. I think that there's no better way to ensure that you will not get the deal then to strong-arm a config to be paid-for. We must understand that…

Whenever you think "I've got this," you need to check yourself again... Life is all about constant recalculation and learning. As long as you keep that in mind, you'll be fine.

boblon​ You totally nailed it. Integrity will almost always be better in the long run. I say almost, because sometimes, the superiors are so motivated by fear that they will react in poor and reactive ways to the news. While you can never be faulted for doing the right thing, you can sometimes be penalized. In the long…

Kind of like Snapshots are not backups, right? Backup and DR is a fantastic conversation that I have often with my customers.

You raise some good points. Certainly, pushing your workloads outbound CAN save, but where doesn't it? I think about large datasets, massive bandwidth utilizations as cost-factors. Another key is the compliance issues. One of the things that intrigue me these days are applications like CloudPhysics and CloudGenera who…