Workload sizing sheet
List every server with its current size and cost, and mark it Move, Stay or Decide later. The sheet does the math and keeps dev and QA separate from production.
List the servers that would move and the operating work they take today. Bring both sheets to the first call, and the proposal answers them line by line.
List every server with its current size and cost, and mark it Move, Stay or Decide later. The sheet does the math and keeps dev and QA separate from production.
Record who does each of 25 recurring tasks, such as patching and restore tests, and the hours each one takes. With your loaded hourly cost, the summary gives the monthly engineering time it costs you. Compare every proposal against this list, ours included. Start with the tasks nobody's doing today.
It’s a thirty minute call with a consultant. Bring what you’re running and what you need it to do.