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Managing Hundreds of Linux Machines is Easy
Sep 6, 2007, 09 :00 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (6275 reads)

"There is a figure that I heard or read on the internet somewhere. I can't remember exactly where so please don't rake me over the coals over it. That figure is that it takes one administrator for every fifty windows machines but for every two hundred Linux machines only one administrator is needed.

"Personally I believe that it is not quite true but the ratio feels about right. First a small confession on my part. I manage nearly a hundred windows clients on my own. It is not that hard. If you have everything set up and automated it is easy..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
It only takes one Linux admin to maintai ...   Try Stateless Linux   
Shiva
Sep 6, 2007, 09:30:28
 
maintain about 350 Windows workstations  ...   We have 6 MSCEs who   
GreyGeek
Sep 6, 2007, 13:13:55
 
Technical superiority is a threat to ent ...   Fear and Loathing   
cjm
Sep 6, 2007, 14:49:58
 
Excellent post!I am going to send it to  ...   Re: Fear and Loathing   
GreyGeek
Sep 6, 2007, 15:23:24
 
Pretty good. But I will argue one point. ...   re: Fear and Loathing   
Brandioch Conner
Sep 6, 2007, 16:27:07
 
I think you have made some valid points, ...   Re: Fear and Loathing   
JJS
Sep 6, 2007, 16:48:23
 
1. IT departments fear and loathe GNU/Li ...   Re: Fear and Loathing   
thorndike
Sep 6, 2007, 18:49:17
 
>> In my experience, the idea that a new ...   Re: Re: Fear and Loathing   
Jose
Sep 11, 2007, 17:39:40
 
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