Re: Is It Hopeless?

[Carl Cook <CACook@quantum-sci.com>]

On Mon 27 December 2010 08:37:25 you wrote:
> Too many (especially younger) IT people _only_ consider up front
> acquisition cost of systems and not long term support of such systems.
> Total system cost _must_ include a reliable DRS (Disaster Recover
> System).  If you can't afford the DRS to go with a new system, then you
> can't afford that system, and must downsize it or reduce its costs in
> some way to allow inclusion of DRS.
> 
>  There is no free lunch.  Eli nearly lost his job over poor acquisition
> and architecture choices.  In that thread he makes the same excuses you
> do regarding his total storage size needs and his "budget for backup".
> There is no such thing as "budget for backup".  DRS _must_ be included
> in all acquisition costs.  If not, someone will pay dear consequences at
> some point in time if the lost data has real value.  In Eli's case the
> lost data was Ph.D. student research data.  If one student lost all his
> data, he may likely have to redo an entire year of school.  Who pays for
> that?  Who pays for his year of lost earnings sine he can't (re)enter
> the workforce at Ph.D. pay scale?  This snafu may cost a single Ph.D.
> student, the university, or both, $200K or more depending on career field.

Alll righty then, we are slipping close to hysteria.

Please try not to worry about me...  I am switching to BTRFS and a backup server for my frickin' movies, and will be fine.