New ESX Platform - Opinions & Configuration queries.

[badass]

I just did 100k migration, and there are two of us working on it. I think any sysadmin worth their money should be able to run a project of the 100k level. Lets assume they are on 30k when you take into account what the employer pays in tax, that less than 3 years wages. Not that much really. If it was a 1M project that you might have to ask who is best placed to make the decisions.

You're not a junior member of staff though, are you?

[pardal51]

so the consultant isn't actualy doing the design for a grand a day ? what exactly are they doing given your paying twice the market rate

Moby is the market rate £500/day? Just want to know..

[Moby-Dick]

£450-£500 isn't uncommon for a good Virtualisation Consultant.

[spoon_]

so the consultant isn't actualy doing the design for a grand a day ? what exactly are they doing given your paying twice the market rate

He does, its actually consultancy + the design that's making up the cost of £1000 a day.

This is true. This works well for you in terms of learning but not on your organisation. Getting a junior member of staff to design an infrastructure based on software they have little experience of makes wrong decisions almost certain. The impact could be anywhere from very minor to causing the whole thing needing to be started from scratch. These simply cannot be blamed on the member of staff since the job was beyond what could ever be expected from them.

I'm learning but not doing the design at this point, just want to QA what was done and learn from this at the same time. Works for me perfectly.

[spoon_]

(btw I'm also answering your thread on VMTN , I just get points for those posts )

Yeah I have noticed this =]

Lets take it over to VMTN forums, much more sense to post there as opposed to talking to you in here

I do get points for these posts as well.

[oolon]

You're not a junior member of staff though, are you?

No, however in my current job I am the only member of IT staff!