So, I have a client who is a locally owned wind farm. Due to the regulations and sensitive nature of what they do, a BDR solution is something that has become a great need. Currently they have 3 servers onsite that we would be backing up. Naturally I have built them a customer BDR using a Lenovo blade server with Storage craft shadow protect as my solution with an offsite NAS for redundant backup which will be in a separate location that is linked via fiber, this would also include documentation, as well as a continuity plan for the system, with regular backup checks, and monitoring. The setup seems standard to me as if either site took a major hit, we would have bigger issues than BDR, as the wind turbines would probably be out of commission as well. I have quoted my client the cost of the BDR, as well as the labor involved to do the project. I suspect that with setup of the customer server, and deployment (its also an hours drive from my office to the site) I have calculated up to 40 hours. I am getting push back from the clients "Board of Trustees" as to the price of the labor. that it should only take 12 hours to do everything, not 40. I usually am within 5 hours of my estimates 99% of the time. Is there something I am missing? Did i overshoot the time it would take? This isn't a cookie cutter pre-made BDR solution.
I just wanted some feedback to see if I am a completely off base, and or see where I could save time and money for the client.
Thanks in advance!