Painfully duplicating year-end backup save-sets and re-learning basics of home wiring.

@scottalanmiller Thank you sir. I have a feeling I'll be pretty active around this corner of the ol' interwebs.

@Dashrender I would think she might mean a physical external SAS connection VS a fiber-based connection.

@nadnerB Is there any other laugh while you have someone on a rack?

@Dashrender Hmm...I may be wrong here, but 6Gb is 6Gb. If you have a 6Gb SAS connection, the max you'll get for throughput is just that - 6Gb.

So - I've been in IT for a while now - but always part of a local IT Team. Now, I work for a consulting company, and love it so far. However, I'm having problems with the transition from telling your boss that you'll get a task done, versus an entire scope of work for a client to mull over and dissect.

The question being - are there any good (or half decent) resources for SoW templates? By this I mean how things are laid out in a presentable fashion for a client. I know WHAT to do...just not HOW to lay it out.

Thanks All,
-Dave

I guess I'm looking for maybe a template repository, or something along those lines. Just a pointer in the right direction, then I can run from there. Once I get a feel for how people lay things out in the business, I'll start getting my own flow down. It's just that initial hump I need to get over.

So - I've been in IT for a while now - but always part of a local IT Team. Now, I work for a consulting company, and love it so far. However, I'm having problems with the transition from telling your boss that you'll get a task done, versus an entire scope of work for a client to mull over and dissect.

The question being - are there any good (or half decent) resources for SoW templates? By this I mean how things are laid out in a presentable fashion for a client. I know WHAT to do...just not HOW to lay it out.

Thanks All,
-Dave

@Dashrender Hey - I'm waiting for someone to pop in and smack me around any second. But until they do...

Just kidding. Like I said, they're limited to the connection speed of the card, the chassis and the drives.

It may depend on the system then. We just rolled out a few SAS connected IBM SA120 devices. Mid-low end, but decent. The SAS card in the host server is only a 6Gb card, so throughput is limited to that speed. Now, the drives are all 6Gb drives, so they will run at max speed, with a little lag due to read/writes at the same time, and a few other operations.

@Dashrender Not if the physical connection to the host server is only capable of 6Gb throughput. It's not local storage, so like any attached storage it's limited to the speed of the adapter.

@Dashrender Hmm...I may be wrong here, but 6Gb is 6Gb. If you have a 6Gb SAS connection, the max you'll get for throughput is just that - 6Gb.

@bbiAngie In the experience I have, it comes down to features. I'm not saying anything bad about either, but a SAS connection would be directly attached to a server, where as fiber would typically go through some sort of SAN switch. Typically. The growth on the fiber, with the switch is a plus - depending on the environment. We run both with different clients, as well as internally for all sorts of different reasons. We use SAS as a direct attached backup storage system, but fiber for all of our VM SAN storage.

Now, I know there are others that will jump in as well. I am but one voice in the sea of many.

@Dashrender I would think she might mean a physical external SAS connection VS a fiber-based connection.

@nadnerB Is there any other laugh while you have someone on a rack?

@Reid-Cooper True...but not catching the root cause. And with this particular client...there's a lack of communication between their teams. But, need access to the server first. Tons of fun.