[HAL9000]

Yeah, they're irrelevant. These companies CAN'T AFFORD to be down for an hour a year. It doesn't matter how much more 5x9's costs them. They simply have to do it.

As a business owner, I do have mission-critical system requirements. The cost of the competing solutions IS important because it impacts my bottom-line. Any salesman who comes in and tells me that cost/benefit analysis is irrelevant will be laughed out of my office.

[Bush2000]

As a business owner, I do have mission-critical system requirements. The cost of the competing solutions IS important because it impacts my bottom-line. Any salesman who comes in and tells me that cost/benefit analysis is irrelevant will be laughed out of my office.

Nice straw man, Hal. We're not talking about you. You're not a business that requires 5x9 of availability. So get back on topic.