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Originally Posted by pmajka
I used to deal with a Mom and Pop shop....i486, 800Mb scsi drive...I mentioned raid, tape backup solution and keeping the Long Hair'd cat out of the office.
well they lost all their data...root cause, power supply smoked due to fan failure and hard disk would not spin again. Cause: Long Hair'd cat hair clogged fan, PS and MB!
lesson learned, if they wont dump a measly Grand in computer HW...walk away.
Good luck with recovery...I know it can be a nightmare.
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Even thought they are a small shop, they have a number of government contracts and have the money to spend. It's just that the new software they are using now, can do everything and the new software from the same company (to the tune of $100,000 including the new server) leaves out a key component - payroll. There have been a couple of other companies out there holding on as well, but the SW company has finally terminated support. They do a good job of backing up and will only lose one day, it's just that the backups do no good without a functioning SCO OS.
I like fighting with Unix. Not many people left that know anything or want anything to do with it and it pays well
Anyway, I'm off to the Quick-E-Mart.
Dave