@BRRABill said:

15 puts us in the SOHO category!

Though it seems like that caps at 10. So we are in the reaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllly small SMB market.

@JaredBusch

I've learned we aren't even small business.

15 puts us in the SOHO category!

@scottalanmiller said:

We've seen that happen to a lot of people. Unless you are really confident in never growing to that size, avoid the non-enterprise plans.

Considering we have 15 employees, I find it hard to believe we'd grow to that size.

But I do remember not wanting the small business for some reason. So I might just stick with that.

The $5 a month plan just seemed like such a better deal.

There are 2 500GB SATA drives hooked into this H310 in a RAID1 array.

Server 2012 is currently installed on them.

But I can blow it away if needed.

Disk /dev/sda: 499.6 GB, 499558383616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60734 cylinders, total 975699968 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x23492907

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 718847 358400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 718848 245759999 122520576 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

Mint is up on the DELL T320 with PERC H310.

Let me know what you'd like to see.

@scottalanmiller said:

But firing up to test is included in the SA benefits, that's good to know. So what the Datto does to see if a VM can fire up and sends a screenshot and immediately shuts down should be covered.

I would disagree, as what I also posted in that post says:
"If they are turned on and used in any active mode, such as backup of production data, they are considered “warm” backups and should be licensed separately as any production server."

I think this is along the same lines as what @scottalanmiller is saying, but the effort is also company-size related.

So for example a 5 person company is going to have to have much less security than (or going to need to be judged to have) a huge hospital organization.

I did a little further digging, and of course you are correct. I may have already mentioned this, but ML is now added to the short list (currently including only my wife) of people I just will in the future assume to always be right.

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The Software Assurance benefit around cold server backup for disaster recovery includes the ability to install the server software, to configure it, to test disaster recovery procedures periodically, for example several times a year, and of course to move the backup server into production mode in the event of an actual disaster.

Other than this limited group of actions, cold server backups should be turned off. If they are turned on and used in any active mode, such as backup of production data, they are considered “warm” backups and should be licensed separately as any production server. As noted previously, warm backups are not included in this Software Assurance benefit.

What about in my Datto example?

Every hour there are incremental backups made, and appended to the image. Once a day it boots it to be sure it is bootable, then kills the VM. Or, in the case of DR, I can boot the VM, and have it up and running on the network within minutes.

Wouldn't that be considered a cold boot DR server?

From the MS definition:
Backup for Disaster Recovery provides additional licenses for servers used as offline (“cold”) backups, to help you recover in case of a catastrophic event. Cold backups help users regain access to critical data and applications following disasters and help protect the mission-critical solutions of your organization. For each server license you have with Software Assurance, you have the right to install the same software product on a “cold” backup server for disaster recovery.

Ah, OK.

So if you have a home and permanent address you are OK.

How does anyone get anything?

@scottalanmiller

So how do you order stuff?

I had a .00001% chance of leaving the US before, now a few more zeroes were just added.

@scottalanmiller said:

Oh, you don't mean radio services but packages? We'd never do that. Never send packages to a country where you don't own your address. You WILL lose everything, no matter what country it is.

As a non-world traveler ... what do you mean?

How long does it take stuff to get there?

So you can order any of the same stuff as in the states?

On the server side, this would also be a good use for SA in smaller environments as you are allowed to have a cold boot server for DR purposes, right?

BTW: how does Amazon work to Nicaragua?

I might try Amazon Prime and see if it has all the music I listen to.

It not, I'll take a look at Spotify.

iTunes Music doesn't have on demand, I believe.

@dafyre said:

I want to know how good that is. We had a couple of chances to see it in the theatre but never got to go.

My girls (11 and 8 ) loved it.

I used Yahoo Music Unlimited back in the day. Was switched over to Rhapsody when they folded.

I didn't really like Rhapsody, so I moved to Rdio, which I have really liked.

They are now folding.

I'm looking for recommendations for a new streaming music service. I want to be able to play the songs I want at any time. If I want to play Miley Cyrus over and over, so be it.

Suggestions?