title: Justifications for a test/development server
body: <p>At my current workplace, the production SQL server and web servers are also used as development and test servers. I've asked for dedicated servers, but been refused as I can't justify it to satisfaction (the reasons against being cost of software, software licenses and hardware resources).</p>
  
  <p>So, what justifications are there for a dedicated test/development server (a combined server at the moment - I don't want to push my luck and ask for 6 servers!)?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Summarised list</strong></p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Resource usage</li>
  <li>Prevention of errors</li>
  <li>DR purposes</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>The list doesn't seem as extensive as I'd hoped.</p>