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So I spent over 200 hours recovering a raid array because the the business that hired the company I work for tried to do all the work in house. Now I'm to the point of trying to quote a new server setup to the company because the last one got hit by lightning. My quote $8000-$20000 in just hardware alone. If im going to do this I want to do it right. Twin servers running xenserver holding virtual machines with a high-quality Nas to hold the virtual machine. Then have the vm's being imaged to two off site backup devices in two different locations and a cloud backup. My boss comes in after me talks to the guy in charge and tells him all that is needed is one server holding all storage on it just like the last server that died and one off-site backup for $4500. How stupid can someone be who has been doing this for over 20 years? Oh btw the software running on this server will be 911 dispatch, jail records and the database for fine payments. The sheriff making the final call me and my boss are meeting with him tomorrow if my boss tries to undercut me I'm going to tell them both that if the same shit happens next time they can spend the time themselves trying to recover stuff because I done the over 200 hours in just short of two weeks.

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    You tell them. Years of experience tend to be overvalued. Cost concerns tend to be overvalued too. Let them know the reality.
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    @Diactoros when you have only 2 years of experience they tend to ignore you. Im going to lay all the facts out for the the guy making the final call. I don't care what my boss thinks or what he thinks he knows.
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    I could do it under $100. RPi and a SD card for offsite backups :D
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    Well, don't want to sound pessimistic/negative, but my impression is that they asked basically for replacement, not a major upgrade worth 20000+$... They may not even have the budget to get the proper solution and will just settle with anything that works(for the moment).
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    @netikras 4 sdcards, in raid.
    splurge goddamnit!
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    @atombomb They are 7 years over due for an upgrade on the server. Im proposing the 20,000 one in stages since that is do much.
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    @magicMirror lol I'll want to see that
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    @magicMirror lol I forgot about that video
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    From what I have seen of government systems in the public sector is that they are running utter garbage. I have also heard of devs working for them putting "special features" into the systems. They are used to spending very low amounts on shady systems from the lowest bidders.
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    @Demolishun That's true.
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