RE: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Clustering solution

[Robert E. Spivack]

Database mirroring is not the same as clustering.  You don’t need the same kind of resources and licenses.   ---- Robert E. Spivack VP Sales & Marketing Voicegateway.com Web Services / SPIV Technologies Group (408) 834-8560 [EMAIL PROTECTED]   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Heimir Eidskrem Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 10:26 PM To: declude.junkmail@declude.com Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Clustering solution   I did get a price from Dell for 2 licenses to run a SQL cluster for an internet application. Got it in writing too. Price for the Microsoft software only: $54,000 Robert E. Spivack wrote: If using SQL Server 2005, the new database mirroring (aka "real-time log shipping") is an excellent solution if you would rather put your $$$ into SQL Server licenses (enterprise edition required) and hardware instead of a 3rd party app.   An advantage of using Microsoft Database Mirroring is that you can remain on a 100% Microsoft supported solution.  Assuming a clustered/mission-critical installation would want to insure they have access to PSS (Microsoft product support) for any critical situations, this could be a decisive factor over choosing a 3rd party generic clustering or C/SFS (clustered/storage file system) solution.   I'd be curious to hear if Sandy or anyone has compared db mirroring to double-take and other solutions that made sense before this feature was available but may be less desirable now.   ---- Robert E. Spivack VP Sales & Marketing Voicegateway.com Web Services / SPIV Technologies Group (408) 834-8560 [EMAIL PROTECTED]   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Sanford Whiteman Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 4:27 PM To: Sanford Whiteman Subject: Re[2]: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Clustering solution     Seriously, what's "low"?     ...I   ask  because  clustering's  ROI  is  kind  of  a  hard  target.Unfortunately,  I  almost  always find it easier to justify clusteringsolutions  for  my  clients  *after*  they  haven't  heeded an initialclustering  suggestion  and have had outages and/or data loss (or if Iget them as I clients after such an incident). We  use  Double-Take  as  a  pseudo-standard, as it has broad industrysupport  and  works  equally  well  over the local and wide area. It'sgoing  to run you upwards of $3500 for one two-server cluster. Is that"low"? I've    demoed    and    am    intrigued    by    XGForce's   eClusterhttp://www.xgforce.com/news_eCluster.html,   which   has   much   moreaccessible  pricing.  I plan to purchase it in place of DT for my nextrollout  and see if I can trust it. But for now, I can't vouch for it,though if you get into it, please let me know. :) --Sandy  ------------------------------------Sanford Whiteman, Chief TechnologistBroadleaf Systems, a division ofCypress Integrated Systems, Inc.e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SpamAssassin plugs into Declude! http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/SPAMC32/download/release/ Defuse Dictionary Attacks: Turn Exchange or IMail mailboxes into IMailAliases! http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/exchange2aliases/download/release/ http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/ldap2aliases/download/release/    ---This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list.  Tounsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], andtype "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail".  The archives can be foundat http://www.mail-archive.com.   ---This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list.  Tounsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], andtype "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail".  The archives can be foundat http://www.mail-archive.com.       --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.