On a separate topic...
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Our MSP is very afraid of XenServer and I quote "Only larger business use Xen, and we don't have anyone who's ever used it, we need to make sure that you're not the only one who knows how to use and manage Xen"
.. Well yes, this is true, it's also why I've documented everything, also you're an MSP go have someone get trained. It adds to the services you can offer to other clients.
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I guess the question is, do you even need that MSP anymore? And - You have an MSP when you work there full time? What do they manage for you? Why not convert them into consulting only? And if you're going to do that, do you want to stay with them since they don't seem to want to support your Xen setup.
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Sadly all great questions, of which I am in no position to ask. I can ask them to my boss but it likely won't go to well.
Seeing as the MSP has been here for more than a decade.
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Time to look at a new MSP. I hear there is a great one in your area that could help.
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MSP = Minimum Service Provider?
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I've heard the same, but I'll need to perform a full mouth root canal first....
Without any Local anesthesia....
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Let me guess the MSP is pushing for VMWare since they have a certified tech on staff? Oh they are also a reseller so you should totally buy from them?
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Remind us. What does the MSP do for you? I'm assuming they bill you monthly?
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You want a new IT consulting company? I am available. I have XenServer installed nowhere yet, but it is on my project list for the server sitting under my desk ATM. More than happy to support you.
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@coliver They've actually been recommending Hyper-V so I'll give that to them, they are heavy MS supporters which is perfectly fine. But Hyper-V just lacks so many things that the company needs (without a substantial additional cost for addon software)
@Dashrender ... no comment.
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@DustinB3403 said:
@coliver They've actually been recommending Hyper-V so I'll give that to them, they are heavy MS supporters which is perfectly fine. But Hyper-V just lacks so many things that the company needs (without a substantial additional cost for addon software)
@Dashrender ... no comment.
Out of curiosity what is Hyper-V missing? I haven't found much outside of some logging and management.
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@DustinB3403 said:
@coliver They've actually been recommending Hyper-V so I'll give that to them, they are heavy MS supporters which is perfectly fine. But Hyper-V just lacks so many things that the company needs (without a substantial additional cost for addon software)
@Dashrender ... no comment.
Like what? backups? failover?
As for the no comment? you can't tell us if they have been billing you monthly? uh ok.
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It's not missing anything by it's self, its the addon management software that I've found extremely reliable and free to use at any scale way to beneficial to consider any other platform.
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MSP's like this give the rest of us a bad name
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You should point out that XenServer is almost exclusively for quite small companies, not large ones. XenServer goes after the SMB market primarily. It is Xen without XenServer that tends to go after the big enterprise customers. Both play in both markets, but XS really is focused on SMB and Xen sans XS on the enormous cloud market.
But as such, those big clouds are used by nearly every up to date SMB. So almost everyone is running something on Xen even if they do not realize it. Xen is just about everywhere.
