No, I have not seen the budget. Please post a link so I can take a look. Does it include a description of the production server environment? That would be very interesting to read.
If my company servers went down that long, I’d have fired the CIO on the spot.
But this isn’t a company, in the real sense of the word. This is a single family offering their livelihood for our education and entertainment. Seriously. How many of us are willing to put our lives on the line the same way this family has? If so, do it. Make a better system, since you know how.