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..

- Mark

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