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I worked at my last job for a place with a single rack mounted set of Windows servers at a data center - with no backup power supply, no backups of any kind for that matter, no UPS and no redundancy of any system, plus they didn't even have an admin for 6 months. The CEO refused to spend money on a 2nd anything. The company has 2000 employees. One server held all of the companies photos (which is basically the core of the business) and of course was not backed up.



This is the kind of company that could benefit immensely from a ransomware attack.


My boss refused to use UPSs for years because he bought one once and couldn't get it to stop beeping.


Of course it can work, you can get far with one server and no spending on anything like backups, UPS, etc.

Whether it's smart and good for your business/reputation is a different question.




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