Help Us Design Your Server

Summary:
Keywords:

Help Us Design Your Next Server

We are in the process of setting our design objectives for our next generation servers. If you would take a few minutes to answer the questions below and e-mail the result to me it would be very helpful to us. We need to make many design trade-offs as we go through the system design process, so having your thoughts will make it easier for us to do the best for you.

Please do not post your reply, as I am posting this request in many discussion groups that I do not subscribe to. If you don't e-mail your comments to me, I may not get them.

My e-mail address is: gendreau_at_ppg01.sc.hp.com

Thanks for your help,

Jim Gendreau
Hewlett-Packard

Questions:

1. What is the major problem you have when you are trying to bring a new server on-line?
2. What could a system vendor design into their system to make it easier and faster to install and configure a server with your primary operating system (or networking operating system)?
3. How many servers do you set up each year?

     Where are these servers?

     _____  Within walking distance
     _____  Within driving distance
     _____  Significant travel needed to reach it 

4)   What is your current primary operating system (network
     operating system)?


     What will it be in a year?


5)   What subsystems and accessories do you usually install and
     configure initially?


     What problems do you have when you do this?

6) Could you tell us a little about yourself?

     Name      ____________________________________
     Address   ____________________________________
               ____________________________________
     Phone     ____________________________________
     email     ____________________________________

     Type business  _______________________________
     Job function   _______________________________

     In the performance of your job, do you do any of the
     following? (please check all that apply)



     ___  Authorize/approve purchase of servers

     ___  Recommend/specify purchases of servers

     ___  No purchasing authority


     ___  Install and configure servers



7)   Can we contact you, if we would like to get more
     information?

Thank you for your help. Received on Sat Jan 08 1994 - 07:58:28 CET