>> Yeah, it's funny... I've noticed this strange correlation between
>> expensive down-time and management willingness to invest in
>> fault-tolerant equipment. ;-)
>
> As we get more people and process more data - the more down time will
> cost. Eventually we may get to higher uptime requirements - but for now
> 2 hours of downtime 2x a year is not too bad.

As with everything, it depends on just how expensive down-time actually 
is. If the answer is "not very", you don't need to worry about fixing it 
too much.

Amusing anecdote: One of our servers had a hardware RAID system. The 
idea is that if one of the drives dies, the RAID controller will keep 
the server operational. You know what died? THE RAID CONTROLLER! >_<

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