OT: need an opinion

[Nathan England]

No, it doesn't help much, but makes me laugh anyway.
We have adequate space for our current needs, and we really don't need that 
much, problem is, I'm changing some things and I'm paranoid of hard drive 
failure on the new systems coming in.

Problem is, though we need them badly, management doesn't see that yet.


On Tuesday 20 June 2006 16:12, Alan Dayley 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
>
> Nathan England said:
> > Understood. Thank you for that clarity...
> >
> > Puts me in a bad position now... lol
> > I need more hard drive space but I have no budget for it...
> >
> > A single file server with only 50gb of backup and multiple servers that
> > need
> > backing up. Plus user documents and email... argh. Sometimes corporate
> > life
> > stinks.
> >
> > Luckily I have an extra 250gb USB drive hidden!

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Nathan England
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