Greetings Gentlmen,

I've been pondering a query and i would like your expert opinions.

The purpose here is to have both the best cost effective and redundant data solution. Basically 2 Servers will backup it's data on this machine via FTP.

Option1:
Spend the money for a new machine, and to colocate. Then setup Raid 5 on the machine.

Option2:
We already have 2 Machines On A Pipe. We can Just FTP The Backup Data To Each of the Servers and Perform an MD5 Checksum.

Thank You.

The more reliable solution would be Option1 since it would be built on a more stable backend (colocating).

The cheaper/cost effective option would be Option2 however, you wouldn't be on as much of a solid backend :).

Cheers!