> NA> I second this. HP's cheapo-machines I could care less about, but the
 > NA> higher-end stuff and especially HP servers I've never, EVER had any
 > NA> problems with.

 > The foundation of HP's server line came from Compaq, which dominated the
 > server 
 > market years ago.  They made the best servers available.  Loved the Compaq
 > Smartstart CDs, the iLO (integrated Lights-Out) options, etc.  At least HP
 > didn't kill off iLO.  I still use that to this day on my HP servers.
 

 > NA> I make my own "recovery" disks for whats important
here. They are
 > NA> completely custom and are snapshots that I can use to not only reload
 > NA> Windows but all of
 > NA> the programs and settings I had on them before a catastrophe hits.
 
 
 > I'm crazy when it comes to backups.  I keep images (using Veeam) of the VMs
 > and 
 > also have Symantec System Recovery Images of everything so I can do bare
 > bones  restores and file level restores.

 > I also keep a months worth of backups - and they happen every day!  8TB
 > dedicated to just backup images..

If I was a `sysop'...or had a lot of business material on a computer system
I'd probably be doing the `backup' thing too. 

The only things I do with my equipment, especially now I'm retired, doesn't
call for all that. I don't keep storage directories on the main setup, I 
keep them on thumb drives. And I copy the main thumb drive to a `backup'
thumb drive every so often just in case. 

These last two times I replaced a computer with a new one was only because I
wanted a new system. In fact, I recall sending a formatted 500 megabyte drive
to someone way back when out of a system I replaced with a new one. Wayne
Chirnside I think it was.
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