ronburk - 7:42 pm on Dec 22, 2006 (gmt 0)

This would include, but not limited to, two of the largest airlines, two of the larger phone companies, and several other fortune 500 companies.

Sounds like you had the good fortune to be working for people who actually placed a reasonable dollar value on disaster planning. You probably know other sys admins who had all the necessary smarts, but could not convince management to actually pay what it costs to implement a serious disaster recovery plan.

Like a foster child kicked from one home to the next, ODP is never likely to get that kind of loving care.