The last line in the above really speaks to what many MSPs fail to understand. In an SMB, adding a extremely complex solution such as an IPOD is not a great solution for the business (or the MSP).

As the saying goes "Fool me once, shame on you, fool my twice shame on me."

If an SMB purchases something that is so extremely complicated, and fragile and then the business wants to dump the MSP, they have to find another MSP (or Meta-MSP @Minion-Queen) to pick up the knowledge and maintain or fix the existing system.

Because the local on-staff IT likely doesn't have the time / ability to learn how to maintain the solution.

Thanks

@DustinB3403 said in Turning Hyperconvergence up to 11:

That is awesome!

Thank you. This post was actually a bit late. I was posting another article and went to link to this one and realized that I had not posted it yet! So a little behind, but still great info.

@craig.theriac said in Job Posting: Operations Coordinator at Scale Computing:

@travisdh1 Not really a management position today, but perhaps in the future. It is definitely a lot for 1 person to do, but such is life in a startup 🙂

Hope you guys get a "challenge accepted" soon!

I'm probably going to be looking starting the beginning of the year, and @scale will be on my watch-list when the time comes.

I just mentioned this concept in a post elsewhere earlier today, in fact. This is an extension of the YAGNI Principle that is commonly known in software engineering circles but is often overlooked in IT ones.

There has been some discussion about Scale presence in the UK market, so really wanted to share this case study with you guys. Thanks, as always!

@scottalanmiller Yeah, I was using "Brain Drain" in the more general sense of departure of expertise for any reason, not just poaching, although that can be a common cause.

They did this for the sole reason that this was the only way to continue providing their solutions based on the legacy vendors and their lock out and lack of access.

Not sure where this information came from.
PernixData, SanDisk’s Flashsoft, and ScaleIO have all used kernel modules with vSphere...

The reason these vendors use VSA's is a combination of factors, largest of which writing kernel code is hard...

@travisdh1 said in Scale Awarded New Storage Patent:

@scale Only took 1 year and 3 months? Geesh.

👏

Downright speedy for the US Government!