The Difference Between Network and Server Engineers - Pictorial
18 September, 2008 by Greg Ferro Print Posting
I have been planning cloud computing systems recently, and had many long discussions with different teams. I have prepared the following diagram to show the perceptual difference between how each team perceives the data centre.
Networking Team
The Networking Team tends to see the network as a large collection of discrete, separate functional elements that each have a function that contributes to the operational whole. They tend to see the network elements as powerful, vital equipment that requires careful design and careful planning. A standard diagram for a medium sized data centre might look something like this:
Server Team
The Server Team is focussed on the Operating Systems and the platforms that run on them. Each system is discrete, and getting two server admins to agree on the same approach can be an arduous task. The see the servers a key to success, and a standard diagram fro the data centre might look something like this:
Further Work
This exposition of the business perception is not complete, and further consultation should be carried out to determine the view of other business units. I am preparing a suitable proposal for a Gap Analysis to assist in offering a view on this work.
Postscript - Hi-Res Images
This post has been very popular and a number of people have asked for higher resolution images - please click on the thumbnails below for larger and better resolution images.
I have some ideas on some followups, come back and check real soon.
Postscript
The Difference Between Network and Server Managers
The images in the post don’t seem to render properly in IE, just FYI. Funny stuff BTW.
Nice. =)
Really Funny :)!!!
Not only funny. True!
Now propose the existence of network management server engineers ..
Found one issue, all networking engineers know that there are no friendly gnomes in the interwebs, only trolls…
Where can we get a nice hi-res of this?
Mike
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