Evaluate your current IT resources

A few questions when evaluating current IT resources OR looking to purchase new IT resources.

Functionality:

• In the event of a failure, how will we recover the service and data?

• Where is the backup data being written?

• How large is the data requirement?

• What is the mixture of performance computing and storage versus standard performance and storage?

Performance:

• Will data be replicated within the data center or to another data center?

• What are the performance objectives for the server, storage, and network?

• What are the dependencies in recovery order in the event of a failure?

Manageability:

• What technology is in place to ensure rapid recovery of the solution?

• What technology is in place to provide stability of the service within the environment?

• Is there sensitive data within the environment? If so how is that data being identified?

Fiscal Accountability:

• Can an existing investment be leveraged?

• What is the operating system?

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