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Sweating those hardware assets?
As belts tighten due to the economic situation more and more IT Departments are stretching the lifespan of infrastructure hardware that would normally have been replaced. This saves money, increases the ROI of the equipment and keeps the Financial Director / CFO happy by avoiding large CapEx invoices. The sting in the tail however is that while up front cost is reduced the risk of unplanned downtime rockets resulting in unexpected costs due to lost productivity.
Hard drives are the usual culprits but hardware of any kind that is over three years old is more at risk of failure so any infrastructure component that is a potential single point of failure is a potential cause of costly downtime.
To mitigate against this additional risk the wise thing to do is to balance cost saving with warranty for the assets you need to “Sweat”. Balancing this spend vs. saving allows stretched IT Departments to deal with restricted budgets while at the same time avoiding those stressful late night server rebuilds and restores.
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