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Capacity Cost Saving Ideas Group Discussion Lead By: Rick Pranger Edward Jones Capacity & Performance. Discussion Items. Process – At Jones, all infrastructure spending (MF, Disk Space, Security, Network, Servers) flow through the Capacity Group Servers Software Miscellaneous
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Capacity Cost Saving Ideas Group Discussion Lead By: Rick Pranger Edward Jones Capacity & Performance
Discussion Items • Process – At Jones, all infrastructure spending (MF, Disk Space, Security, Network, Servers) flow through the Capacity Group • Servers • Software • Miscellaneous • Server Specific • Environmental Considerations
Discussion Items - Servers • Servers not that busy • Consolidation • Collocation • Virtualization • Purchased or "free" versions • Turn off server cores? • Buying bigger to consolidate?
Discussion Items - Software • Base software – do you need it? • Performance Agents • Reduce in Development & QA environments? • Replace with ad hoc or open source? • Test Environments • Test on "free" virtual products • Utilize workstations • Redundancy necessary? • Power save mode • Delay Upgrades • Tune, Tune, Tune • Storage