> I'm continuously surprised how often the answer turns out to be no after dinner digging, even in larger companies with otherwise well-run IT. I am not even r

> I'm continuously surprised how often the answer turns out to be no after dinner digging, even in larger companies with otherwise well-run IT. I am not even remotely surprised, because most companies are not IT oriented companies, and most of those either have managers that can't be made to understand the importance of DR, or (sadly) IT people who can't. I myself am currently in a multi-year long political battle to justify a mere $600mo to get our DR env (built with old equipment that is on the verge of irrevocable failure) moved from a closet at a branch location to an actual co-lo that won't lose power and internet 3 times a week. At least we finally got that backup generator approved for the corporate office after the third time a goose committed suicide on our power lines. Ugh...