Why would i call the only marine i know a sailor.. **** you! haha.. so about this server... i don't know much about servers but i know a bunch about computer and ****.. in hs i was the IT's TA so i picked up on somethings.. but as far as the clone server.. i don't think you'd need one for a back up.. you'd just need a harddrive and a backup code that is set to back up at like midnight every night so you'd just have a back up file on that would replace the preexisting one. just like common PCs do now and like how time machine works with Mac. Simple data back up would be fine.. don't think that it'd mean that you'd need another server for strictly data backup... .now if you wanted one for an actual back up.. so lets say your main server crashes or something kicks it out.. the system would connect and switch over the the 'clone'