SYP Computer Systems

Reference number: 
20090643
Request date: 
12/2009
Response date: 
08/01/2010 (All day)
Request details: 

“How many servers do you have in your organisation

What proportion runs Microsoft operating systems

What proportion runs Linux

What proportion runs AIX (IBM Unix)

What proportion runs HP-UX (HP Unix)

What proportion runs Solaris (Sun Unix)

What proportion runs Unix

What proportion runs VMS (Dec)

What proportion runs OS/400 (IBM Power Systems)

What proportion runs other operating systems

 

What proportion is virtualised (do you share server infrastructure with others)

 

What is the age of your servers?

What proportion is less than 1 year old?

What proportion is 1-2 years old?

What proportion is 3-4 years old?

What proportion is 5 or more years old?

 

When do you plan to replace your servers?

What proportion in less than 1 year old?

What proportion in 1-2 years old?

What proportion in 3-4 years old?

What proportion in 5 or more years?

 

How many mainframes does your organisation have?

How old are your mainframes?

What proportion is less than 1 year old?

What proportion is 1-2 years old?

What proportion is 3-4 years old?

What proportion is 5 or more years old?

 

When do you plan to replace your mainframe?

What proportion in less than 1 year old?

What proportion in 1-2 years old?

What proportion in 3-4 years old?

What proportion in 5 or more years?

 

How many computer users do you have in your organisation?

How typical is your organisation with regards to servers? (ie, you more / less / about the same)”

SYP response: 

How many servers do you have in your organisation        414  

What proportion runs Microsoft operating systems        67%

What proportion runs Linux            23%

What proportion runs AIX (IBM Unix)          0.2%

What proportion runs HP-UX (HP Unix)          0%

What proportion runs Solaris (Sun Unix)          9.8%

What proportion runs Unix            0%

What proportion runs VMS (Dec)           0%

What proportion runs OS/400 (IBM Power Systems)        0%

What proportion runs other operating systems         0%

 

What proportion is virtualised (do you share server infrastructure with others)     54%

 

What is the age of your servers?  There is a five year asset refresh cycle dependent on need.

What proportion is less than 1 year old?          20%

What proportion is 1-2 years old?           40%

What proportion is 3-4 years old?           30%

What proportion is 5 or more years old?          10%

 

When do you plan to replace your servers? In line with the asset refresh cycle though decisions are made       annually to take into account any new technology or strategic decisions

What proportion in less than 1 year old?          -

What proportion in 1-2 years old?           -

What proportion in 3-4 years old?           -

What proportion in 5 or more years?          -

 

How many mainframes does your organisation have?        0

How old are your mainframes?           N/A

What proportion is less than 1 year old?          N/A      

What proportion is 1-2 years old?           N/A

What proportion is 3-4 years old?           N/A

What proportion is 5 or more years old?          N/A

 

When do you plan to replace your mainframe?         N/A

What proportion in less than 1 year old?          N/A

What proportion in 1-2 years old?           N/A

What proportion in 3-4 years old?           N/A

What proportion in 5 or more years?          N/A

 

How many computer users do you have in your organisation?       7000

How typical is your organisation with regards to servers? (ie, you more / less / about the same).     About the same