The vendor selection strategy
If you really want to be like a web giant, you should buy hardware from ODMs and other commodity hardware manufacturers (either directly or through a systems integrator). However, in reality, the decision is not that simple. The questions you need to ask yourself are as follows:
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Question |
"Yes" for all questions |
"No" for even one question |
|---|---|---|
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Can you specify the configuration of each server, taking performance, durability, availability, serviceability, and manageability into account (versus needing vendor sales engineers to help)? |
You are ready for commodity hardware! |
You should stick to branded hardware |
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Can you self-support? That is, if you get a call at 2:00 a.m., are you prepared to root-cause what happened as ... |
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