http://www.spiceworks.com/tv/?cat=training<\/a><\/p>\n-Jay<\/p>","upvoteCount":0,"datePublished":"2011-10-25T11:41:44.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/is-there-a-device-limit/108894/13","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"jay6111","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/jay6111"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"
Whitepapers like Gardner provide information about the use of products and makes a statement about the product, if it’s worth the time and an in deep look at the product. Its a request from the boss and I’m try to get this for him.<\/p>\n
He wants to make a sound decision to go with Spiceworks for the long term. Its a little scary when something is free to provide you with great information like Spiceworks.<\/p>","upvoteCount":0,"datePublished":"2011-10-25T11:47:13.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/is-there-a-device-limit/108894/14","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"desktop47693333","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/desktop47693333"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"
Your best bet for that is to install it. Look over the video link I sent you to get familiar with the product as well as the IT webinars on the left hand side bar of that link.<\/p>\n
Then if you have any other questions, or issues, post them up in the community as you already have with this one.<\/p>\n
This is exactly how I made my case to my boss and others in the past. With this info I made a presentation of the key highlights and aspects of SpiceWorks and how it would benefit the company.<\/p>\n
Speaking from your own terms should carry more influence than any whitepapaer out there I would think, plus it will prepare you should it get rolled out into production.<\/p>\n
-Jay<\/p>","upvoteCount":0,"datePublished":"2011-10-25T11:56:26.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/is-there-a-device-limit/108894/15","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"jay6111","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/jay6111"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"
Desktop4769 wrote:<\/p>\n
\nWhitepapers like Gardner provide information about the use of products and makes a statement about the product, if it’s worth the time and an in deep look at the product. Its a request from the boss and I’m try to get this for him.<\/p>\n
He wants to make a sound decision to go with Spiceworks for the long term. Its a little scary when something is free to provide you with great information like Spiceworks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
It’s free so there is no better way to get information. I would never trust someone like Gartner - they are paid to produce those reports. There should be nothing scary about free - since you have no investment to lose!<\/p>\n
If you try the software and like it, great. If you try it and don’t like it, you haven’t invested much in it.<\/p>\n
All Gartner does is use it and guess at whether or not it would be a good choice for you. But that’s always based on an older version since they can’t review every few weeks. But you can trial the current software.<\/p>\n
Nothing tells you more about how software works than actually using it. So any whitepaper would just be a “filter” on the information already in your hands.<\/p>","upvoteCount":0,"datePublished":"2011-10-25T12:07:53.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/is-there-a-device-limit/108894/16","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"scottalanmiller","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/scottalanmiller"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"
Desktop4769 wrote:<\/p>\n
\nHe wants to make a sound decision to go with Spiceworks for the long term. Its a little scary when something is free to provide you with great information like Spiceworks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
If your concern is third party sources, look at places like Windows IT Pro magazine where SpiceWorks has been winning product of the year awards for quite some time. They win many industry awards both from industry publications and from end user votes.<\/p>","upvoteCount":0,"datePublished":"2011-10-25T12:08:57.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/is-there-a-device-limit/108894/17","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"scottalanmiller","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/scottalanmiller"}}]}}
Is there a device limit Spiceworks can scan or manage? Is there a cap to how many devices Spiceworks can handle, ex: 2500 devices or less.
6 Spice ups
peter
October 25, 2011, 11:02am
2
no known limit, if you do find one please post back
1 Spice up
jay6111
October 25, 2011, 11:02am
3
Not really a cap, a lot of this depends on many variables, like how many users accessing the app, are you using helpdesk and AD scanning as well?
What’s the hardware you are installing it on?
And so on…
I have seen SpiceWorks handle 5000 devices without an issue. With that said, it can take some time to gather all the info on that many devices and for a scan to finish.
Are you haveing particular problems or just asking in general?
-Jay
No limits, just a gradual dropoff in performance. But you can mitigate that with faster drives, different types of RAID, etc.
1 Spice up
jay6111
October 25, 2011, 11:12am
5
Scott Alan Miller wrote:
No limits, just a gradual dropoff in performance. But you can mitigate that with faster drives, different types of RAID, etc.
Scott’s right, RAID 5 will really give you a boost and protect your data.
Ooooooo that’s going to hurt.
-Jay
Jay6111 wrote:
Scott Alan Miller:
No limits, just a gradual dropoff in performance. But you can mitigate that with faster drives, different types of RAID, etc.
Scott’s right, RAID 5 will really give you a boost and protect your data.
Ooooooo that’s going to hurt.
-Jay
Lightning flashes in the sky.
(Jay6111) just asking a general question before I start scanning and run into a limitation issue.
jay6111
October 25, 2011, 11:25am
9
Wrong for today’s times, but that article is from 2006, so yes, go ahead with your scan you should be fine.
-Jay
Sorry it was post in 2006. Anyone know of any whitepapers on Spiceworks? I can’t find any and I’m not talking about the whitepapers Spiceworks post but a whitepaper on Spiceworks specifically?
That article was for the BETA. We are nearing the end of the 5.x series now. That’s some ancient data. That would be a lot like using the stats from DOS 6.22 for a Windows 7 box today. Yeah, once upon a time…
Desktop4769 wrote:
Sorry it was post in 2006. Anyone know of any whitepapers on Spiceworks? I can’t find any and I’m not talking about the whitepapers Spiceworks post but a whitepaper on Spiceworks specifically?
Whitepapers are just marketing tools. What kind of information are you looking to acquire?
jay6111
October 25, 2011, 11:41am
13
Whitepapers like Gardner provide information about the use of products and makes a statement about the product, if it’s worth the time and an in deep look at the product. Its a request from the boss and I’m try to get this for him.
He wants to make a sound decision to go with Spiceworks for the long term. Its a little scary when something is free to provide you with great information like Spiceworks.
jay6111
October 25, 2011, 11:56am
15
Your best bet for that is to install it. Look over the video link I sent you to get familiar with the product as well as the IT webinars on the left hand side bar of that link.
Then if you have any other questions, or issues, post them up in the community as you already have with this one.
This is exactly how I made my case to my boss and others in the past. With this info I made a presentation of the key highlights and aspects of SpiceWorks and how it would benefit the company.
Speaking from your own terms should carry more influence than any whitepapaer out there I would think, plus it will prepare you should it get rolled out into production.
-Jay
Desktop4769 wrote:
Whitepapers like Gardner provide information about the use of products and makes a statement about the product, if it’s worth the time and an in deep look at the product. Its a request from the boss and I’m try to get this for him.
He wants to make a sound decision to go with Spiceworks for the long term. Its a little scary when something is free to provide you with great information like Spiceworks.
It’s free so there is no better way to get information. I would never trust someone like Gartner - they are paid to produce those reports. There should be nothing scary about free - since you have no investment to lose!
If you try the software and like it, great. If you try it and don’t like it, you haven’t invested much in it.
All Gartner does is use it and guess at whether or not it would be a good choice for you. But that’s always based on an older version since they can’t review every few weeks. But you can trial the current software.
Nothing tells you more about how software works than actually using it. So any whitepaper would just be a “filter” on the information already in your hands.
Desktop4769 wrote:
He wants to make a sound decision to go with Spiceworks for the long term. Its a little scary when something is free to provide you with great information like Spiceworks.
If your concern is third party sources, look at places like Windows IT Pro magazine where SpiceWorks has been winning product of the year awards for quite some time. They win many industry awards both from industry publications and from end user votes.
