Re: [OT] Office X-serve vs windows standard server 2008

["Ho Yin Ng" <architect.hoyin@xxxxxxxxx>]

I still care!!!

It is my money!

We still have to buy the products. I just want to be aware of the
limitations if any or perhaps advantageous of one system over another.

I've been duped in the past and forked out for a system that severely
let me down.

I think both provide the service we require, but surely one must be
better or offer us something that the other cannot.

Ho-Yin

2008/10/17 Paul Gordon <paul@xxxxxxx>:
> Hmm... in that case, aren't you going be paying for SERVICES rather
than
> PRODUCTS? - If it's all outsourced, do you actually care what it runs
on,
> provided you stipulate your requirements to the solution provider, and
they
> meet them?....
>
> E.G: if you state your requirements to be:
>
> Identity management for your 45 users
> Access control & authentication
> Private storage allocation for each user (home directories)
> Shared storage between all users
> MAPI based email supporting Outlook clients
> Collaboration between users (calendar sharing, free/busy info etc)
> Shared printing facilities
> Policy-based management of the workstations
> .
> .
> .
> etc...
>
> And the man from DelMonte, he say "yes", - and it fits your
SLA
> requirements, and budget, then do you (or should you) care (or even
know)
> what the underlying platforms are?
>
> Paul G.
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx on behalf of Ho Yin Ng
> Sent: Fri 17/10/2008 14:41
> To: UKHA Group
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Office X-serve vs windows standard server
2008
>
> Currently we would be outsourcing all our IT to a support consultancy.
>
> I have no in-house IT manager etc.
>
> 2008/10/17 Ben McCormack <yahoogroup@xxxxxxx>:
>> Ho-Yin
>>
>> Simple question - Do you have anyone within the company who can
>> support the XServe and OSX?
>>
>> Ben
>>
>> On 17 Oct 2008, at 13:39, Ho Yin Ng wrote:
>>
>>> I have had several consultants look at my office and they are
>>> suggesting two different approaches.
>>>
>>> One is saying we should use an Apple Xserve rather than a
windows
>>> machine.
>>>
>>> They state that the SBS requires to be the controller of
everything
>>> and does not play well with others. Whereas the Xserve
provides a
>>> lower total cost of ownership when compared to MS server and
provides
>>> similar services and will integrate seamlessly with the
exchange
>>> server.
>>>
>>> Can anyone shed any light on this?
>>>
>>> We are a 45 strong office looking to expand. Currently we only
run
>>> Windows PCs, but we many have a couple of Macs later.
>>>
>>> The Xserve seems cheaper than a similar HP DL360 5450 others
are
>>> proposing.
>>>
>>> Be interesting to get your opinion on this.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Ho-Yin
>>>
>>>
>>
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