Development server location

[evergrean100]

I need to get a Development Windows 2000 Web Server similiar to our Production Windows 2000 Web Server. My argument with someone is that the Development server should be onsite in same area as the Production server because it would give us a mirror of the Production Server Network connection. The other person wants to put the Development server in a city 2000 miles away.

Please advise if I have much of a valid reason for the Development server to be on the same site as the Production server and any other reasons you can suggest?

 

[WhoKilledKenny]

what is the other persons reason?

 

[PRPhx]

Is this other person a developer, a supervisor, or other management??? if he/she is just another developer, tell this person that it needs to stay local.

Putting a disaster recovery server in another city may work, but for development, it needs to be close at hand.

 

[itsp1965]

Evergrean from your post here is my 2 cents;

- A development server should NOT be used as a backup for production EVER. Development servers are usually treated as a developers "plaything" with utilities, programs, lax security setups etc. If you want redundancy.. purchase another server.
- A development server does not necessarily have to be local to the developers who are using it, although it is great if it is readily available, it should be located in your datacenter (assuming you have one)

I have had more than my share of run-ins with developers who feel that the server belongs to them. At the end of the day you don't want to limit their ability to do their jobs, but you are the one who is responsible is something messes up
Hope this helps.

 

[juniper911]

A development server should not be on the same LAN as your production LAN and not 2000 miles away. Do you not have a test environment that mirrors your live environment?

If the answer is no then I would be careful in putting the development server with your live because someone might test something that opens up the security on your live environment.