The assumption should have been that the logs are on separate spindles
from the IS, and it's less likely that you'd lose both at once.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benjamin Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Posted At: Friday, August 31, 2001 03:40 PM
> Posted To: MSExchange Mailing List
> Conversation: Very small servers (was: A good space for the Exchange
> ...)
> Subject: RE: Very small servers (was: A good space for the
> Exchange ...)
>
>
> On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Linton Smith (WBTQ) wrote:
> > Consider this - You have some sort of hardware problem that
> corrupts the
> > database. You learn about it because your backup fails one
> night. If
> > Circular Logging is not enabled, you can easily recover from this by
> > restoring your last good backup and allowing the logs to replay.
>
> Hmmmmmm.... that is a good point. The assumption was that
> any failure
> that required restoring from tape would have destroyed the
> logs as well --
> i.e., something like a complete disk failure. A failure such as you
> describe is perhaps not very likely, but certainly possible.
>
> I will move to have circular logging disabled on any
> Exchange system we
> maintain.
>
> Thanks for the advice!
>
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