Comments on: Think Large, Think Global! http://blog.softlayer.com/2009/think-large-think-global/ A Behind the Scenes Look at the Best Hosting Provider in the World Fri, 24 May 2013 11:59:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Justin Scott http://blog.softlayer.com/2009/think-large-think-global/comment-page-1/#comment-1757 Justin Scott Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:12:46 +0000 http://theinnerlayer.softlayer.com/?p=1108#comment-1757 Well said Sean. I think many well-intentioned system administrators skip proper backup technologies for a variety of reasons, including a feeling to high cost or a fundamental misunderstanding of proper disaster recovery strategy. When faced with the challenge of a proper backup solution being too costly, my immediate response is typically "How much is your business worth?" Is $100/yr, $250/yr, even $500/yr too expensive to protect a business that is worth 5000 times or more? Backups are cheap. Data loss, re-development of applications, lost revenues from customers who move to the competitor and all manners of similar effects of disaster are not cheap. Well said Sean.

I think many well-intentioned system administrators skip proper backup technologies for a variety of reasons, including a feeling to high cost or a fundamental misunderstanding of proper disaster recovery strategy.

When faced with the challenge of a proper backup solution being too costly, my immediate response is typically “How much is your business worth?”

Is $100/yr, $250/yr, even $500/yr too expensive to protect a business that is worth 5000 times or more?

Backups are cheap. Data loss, re-development of applications, lost revenues from customers who move to the competitor and all manners of similar effects of disaster are not cheap.

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