Think things through first... (Score 1)

One thing that everyone seems to be missing is the question of how important the data is to you. IF the loss of a server (for an hour/day/etc.) is going to cost you $10,000 (purely an example figure) then you could probably justify putting around $10,000 or so into a nice top of the line server (you'd still have to skimp on things at that price, but still, it's to give you an idea). IF, on the other hand, having the server down for a day or the data loss you experienced costs your company only a couple hundred and happens very infrequently, then I wouldn't think you should spend $1000s on a beefed up server, but instead find a nice UPS, or just pump some money into a Service Level Agreement for the server, or even for offsite backups. It's all about your bottom line...don't just spend money on a server because of this one time. Fix the problem, but keep in mind how large of a problem it is to start with.