Re: [Xen-users] Re: Sysadmin guys that know XEN?

[Lamont Granquist <lamont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 31 May 2007, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> Since you sound like you're on a time budget, I would recommend finding good
> generalists, then contracting to one of the big houses who know Xen to setup
> your infrastructure *and* train your team *while* they're doing the setup.
> You'll need to make it clear that you're not interested in the contractor
> doing the setup then running some sterile training course for your new
> hires, you want "pair systems admin" -- one of their guys sitting next to
> and talking to one of your guys while they both do the work together:
> complete knowledge transfer.  I don't actually know if any of the big houses
> will do that.  My employer does that for people, but we're not exactly in
> your locality.
You can't knowledge transfer comptency in anything to someone who doesn't 
start out competent.  And someone who is competent should be able to sit 
down and figure out Xen, it isn't rocket science.  He doesn't need 
consultants and he doesn't need RHCEs, he just needs smart competent 
sysadmins...
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