服务器刷新周期– 3个提示

评估服务器升级的成本：

Implementing a server refresh cycle can be a costly task, but it is important for a company to ask themselves if they can afford not to refresh the servers in the coming year? According to Intel, delaying a server refresh cycle can actually cost more than refreshing at the appropriate time. When evaluating the costs of their own refresh cycles, Intel found that delaying their server refresh strategy by even one year would increase their operating costs by $19 million. This delay causes increases in the maintenance costs incurred by the need to increase the older server’s capacity to keep up with ever growing company computing needs.

评估需求：

对于公司而言，首先确定服务器刷新周期的需求很重要。 2010年，由英特尔和甲骨文赞助的一项研究发现，大多数IT公司每三到四年执行一次服务器刷新策略。遵循此预先计划的周期可能是有益的，因为服务器已经过时，随之而来的是软件兼容性问题。较新的服务器可以处理更大的工作量，并且与较新的应用程序兼容。此外，新服务器还有助于降低能源消耗，降低公用事业成本，从根本上节省了成本。

评估方法：

在考虑服务器刷新周期时，公司必须评估物理移动服务器和其他可机架安装设备的最佳方法。传统上，昂贵的重型 IT设备 已由一两个数据中心员工手动吊起。这种方法不仅效率低下，而且对从事体力劳动的个人也很危险。过度劳累引起 起重服务器 can lead to back-related injuries and require employees to take time off to recuperate. In addition, the equipment itself can become damaged, as was the case in 2007 when an IBM server worth $1.4 million fell off of a forklift that was not designed for use in a data center. As a solution to this issue, many fortune 500 companies are acquiring ServerLIFT^® 专为数据中心环境设计的产品。这些专用工具使服务器刷新周期更加高效和高效，并有助于提高工作场所的安全性。