[167374] in North American Network Operators' Group
Network Lifecycle Management - anybody???
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stefan)
Mon Dec 9 20:45:19 2013
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 19:44:59 -0600
From: Stefan <netfortius@gmail.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
As $subj may infer, do you guys follow any type of network lifecycle in
your environment? If so - what would be some criteria you would consider
critical:
- consistent rate of cash flow, year after year, while replacing aging gear
(allowing for consistent budgetary planning)
- risk reduction while replacing unsupported equipment
- security issues associated with OS or appliances not supported
- business / apps demand for capacity or features (e.g. virtualization,
SDN, etc.), laid out well in advance to allow for a 3-4-5 yrs plan with a
consistent replacement rate of aging equipment
- increased costs of support for aging equipment, or recertification for
vendor support
- anything else ... ???
Care to share some [other] aspects, as they may relate to $subj?
Thanks,
***Stefan
