Well, I certainly understand the merits of a "server" vs. desktop hardware for server usage. But, I am not really willing to spend the money for this, hence my "assuming no hardware failures."
To spend the extra money for that hardware may be to not get the hardware cost approved at all. In which case I would be where I am now, and I'd rather be in the situation where I have hardware that is much more able to handle the load. Thanks, Stu On 1/22/10 12:31 PM, Keith Edmunds wrote: >> Before I propose to my boss that we spend $1100 on new hardware, I >> wanted to get the opinion of the list as to whether this hardware should >> be sufficient for, say, five years to come > > If you are serious about backups (and if you're not then simply don't do > them), I would buy a proper server rather than a spec'd up PC. You could > get a decent Dell server for less than twice what you're proposing to > spend, and that comes with three years on-site warranty (in the UK at > least: I don't know about other areas). And if any part of it breaks, Dell > fix it. Buy a Shuttle and if you have a problem, you're on your own. I've > been there: it doesn't make sense for a server. Don't get me wrong, > Shuttles are good PCs IMO, but they are not commercial servers. To keep > the backups solid and consistent you want a quality server. > > hth > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the > world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference > attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through > interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
