Here's a thought, play devil's advocate: go to the husband who set up and configured the server - Ask him how he configured the storage array: Ask how he aligned the disks? What block size was configured, which RAID type(s) did he choose? And why? If the answers aren't acceptable then take that to your boss and say "here's why "I" need to be taking the lead on this...etc" - if the husband has done a goodjob, then make him an allie (sp?) and say "hey I think we got off on the wrong foot here.." - because obviously had a decent idea of what he's doing 😉