Hi Kenneth,
Thanks for your input. I was stunned to hear of the setup you have
for 40 users. In my company's case, I have to look at a 5 year
projected cost so I will need to get the best I can now, because
there will be no more money for a while. Our company is also growing
and there are costs cropping up with the increased use of the
machines. Some of those machines cost us 2-3 grand when they go down
just getting service on them. So what our corporate office is
allowing, while it is generous as it also includes 15 new PCs, still
has to be tempered with the rest of the manufacturing costs in just
running the company. I think that our company is in the "bite the
bullet" mode at present :-)
Thanks,
Dorothy
Mid-West Spring Mfg.
Mentone, In
Thanks for your input. I was stunned to hear of the setup you have
for 40 users. In my company's case, I have to look at a 5 year
projected cost so I will need to get the best I can now, because
there will be no more money for a while. Our company is also growing
and there are costs cropping up with the increased use of the
machines. Some of those machines cost us 2-3 grand when they go down
just getting service on them. So what our corporate office is
allowing, while it is generous as it also includes 15 new PCs, still
has to be tempered with the rest of the manufacturing costs in just
running the company. I think that our company is in the "bite the
bullet" mode at present :-)
Thanks,
Dorothy
Mid-West Spring Mfg.
Mentone, In
--- In vantage@egroups.com, "Urban, Kenneth" <kurban@m...> wrote:
> I agree with Todd... It all depends on how your management
sees the
> company growing over the next few years. In our case, we probably
have a lot
> more computing power than companies similar in size (two NT
servers, one
> NetWare server, a Linux server, 40 users, 8 printers, 12 DC TT5s,
plus MS
> Exchange 5.5). However, since 1994 we have averaged 40% annual
growth.
> Our philosophy has always been that it's better to bite the bullet
and
> stretch for the hardware and software you'll need in 18 months,
rather than
> basing it on today. That has worked well for us.
> The infrastructure we're talking about here is pretty
expensive for
> a small company. Rather than buying new servers, verifying that
your wiring
> is up to snuff, and then upgrading clients (Vantage 4.0 is very
> client-intensive), I'd at least find out from a competent vendor if
MS
> Terminal Server could let you stretch your clients for a time. That
way, you
> could get the foundation in place (servers and NOS), and upgrade
your
> clients as you get the cash to do so.
> Good luck!