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How much time do you spend..
Administering NetWorker.
All,
I'm trying to figure out how much time a person would spend in average when having to administer a networker server and a number of clients every month.
I know this is very hard to say as it depends on a lot of things, but if you have some sort of a general idea please let me know. All examples and experiences are very welcome.
I myself worked on administering a huge setup 6 months ago with around 3500 clients(servers, mainly MS) and 12 backup servers. We were two people and very busy. But that's pretty much my experience.
I was thinking about 3 scenarios:
A:
1 server (windows)
100 windows clients
20 windows servers, mssql, msexch, iis.
B:
1 server (windows)
25 windows clients
10 windows servers (mixed like the one above)
C:
1 server (UNIX)
100 windows clients
25 UNIX servers (mail, file, database etc.)
Thanks in advance for your help.
/tony
tonyalbers
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March 3rd, 2011 03:00
Any other experiences?
/tony
tonyalbers
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March 3rd, 2011 03:00
Thanks David, that's exactly the type of information I need.
Sorry for my bad english, what I meant was that I was administering a running setup, not installing it. It's called an installation in Danish, and so is the work you do when setting it up
/tony
David_Hampson_90e289
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March 3rd, 2011 03:00
I've not worked with installations of the sizes you give but some examples I have worked with in recent years (I've estimated full time equivalent dedicated to backups afterwards):
8 servers, 2000 clients (8 people - also do storage) 5 FTE
6 servers, 3000 clients (7 people - manager split with storage) 6.5 FTE
1 server, 300 clients (4 people - also do UNIX sys admin) 2 FTE
4 servers, 3000 clients (10 people - also do storage) 6 FTE
Staff would be involved with BAU work, troubleshooting, upgrading, reporting and design of future architecture but usually restores would be handled by a seperate department.
I can imagine you were snowed under trying to administer so much with just two people!
David_Hampson_90e289
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March 3rd, 2011 05:00
Hi Tony
I was talking about running setups; most large installations are in a constant state of being amended as new clients are added or decommissioned, software is upgraded and new technology introduced, so day-to-day operations at least partially involves some installation (in the sense of adding new parts to the environment).
Most of my other experiences were working for resellers so its harder for me to remember size of customer installations and number of people exactly.
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March 3rd, 2011 08:00
From working closely with customers over the years almost everyone I have worked with has one or more full time dedicated employees to NW.
Normally from what they tell me the job is not gauged by the number of clients but by how many NW servers they have, libraries, etc.
Most don't pay attention to # of clients.
David_Hampson_90e289
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March 4th, 2011 01:00
I'd agree that the number of clients is not necessarily a guide for how many backup admins are needed - some of the factors you need to consider are: