I have been doing network consulting for over 10 years now and I keep hearing from clients and network admins of the “Perfect” network. Where all the servers are name brand, fault tolerant, and run smoothly. I hear that the purse strings of the CFO are wide open. Training is provided and bonuses for everyone. The users are also trained and a maintenance schedule is enforced. I have yet to find it yet, but I keep hearing about it. It is mostly at someone’s ex-employer that was getting close. I have yet to find two networks that are even the same, much less ones that need no tweaking or re-configuration in some way. I hear allot of “We need real servers for this, can you believe that it is running on a whitebox?” but when I say I see allot of this, it is not a problem we can get it to work, I get the glassed over eyes and the story of the perfect network. The magical place where everything is done with the recommended requirements doubled instead of the minimum. I spend allot of time trying to fit the customers needs to what they have in hardware and software. And most times it works quite well even with the ever changing requirements of most companies and the ever changing purse strings of the CFO. If anyone sees this perfect network or wants to quest for it let me know!!