I wouldn't doubt that either. We do use RAID 6 (I think) + tape backups and the backup server itself is a hot standby. If you're curious, this is the chassis :

I wouldn't doubt that either. We do use RAID 6 (I think) + tape backups and the backup server itself is a hot standby. If you're curious, this is the chassis : http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/3U/836/SC836A-R1200.cfm http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/3U/836/SC836A-R12... The motherboard is also Supermicro running dual AMD Opterons ( single processor on the backup server ) with 256Gb RAM.