[ILUG] Suggestions for best 64 bit Linux distro?

[Niall O Broin]

On 29 Jun 2005, at 16:41, Paolo Marchiori wrote:

> Conor Wynne, Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 04:27:14PM +0100:
>> I have customer who do exactly this, no matter what vendor they use. 
>> Spare
>> servers aswell as controllers, RAM etc etc.
>
> Ever told them a 24x7x4 service contract gives better coverage and 
> performances, and less troubles? :)

EVERY service contract has a get out of jail free card in there for the 
provider, whether it be something as simple as an innocuous little 
"depending on parts availability". The ONLY kind of maintenance 
contract which really guarantees a rapid response is the kind where the 
vendor has his people on your site, and spares on your site too. This, 
as you can imagine, doesn't come cheap, so the policy of keeping a 
spare yourself, provided you have good swapout procedures and the the 
staff to implement them, can often be a very good policy.



Niall