Virtualization for servers is going to be key. Bare metal restore just SUCKS [censored]. I mean, seriously. Restoring bare metal then screwing with drivers and all that is for the birds.

I am well aware of the fact that some practices are just starting out and sometimes cash flow may be tight. But when some Russian jackass demands $5,000 to give your own data back to you and you're into your IT person for three days of labor, and you've been down for half a week, having a server with Windows Server 2016 running a couple of virtual machines and Veeam doing your backups will seem mighty cheap in comparison.

Again, The horror stories you've heard about Crypto are REAL.

JamesNT

James Summerlin
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