OT: need an opinion

Dan Lund situationalawareness at gmail.com
Wed Jun 21 08:55:01 MST 2006


Or like in my case where you ask for a 12tb array (1.50/gb) and have
it denied, only to see a netapp purchased with 5tb for 5x more money
which you have to pull teeth to get space on because a gb is so
expensive.
Because it's "supported by an industry standard company"....

--Dan

On 6/20/06, Alan Dayley <alandd at consultpros.com> wrote:
> Manager: There is no budget for additional backup space.
>
> IT Guy: How much budget is there to recover if we loose half of our data?
>
> Manager: That would probably bankrupt the company!
>
> IT Guy: So, budget for a good backup solution looks pretty cheap by
> comparison, right?
>
> (I know that it is not that simple nor does this comment help much.  It
> always amazes me when data backup is neglected by a business.  A proper
> solution may cost a lot but it is always cheaper than losing it all.)
>
> Alan
>


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