Management that is not IT rarely thinks of the data only the machine. Virtualization would make this easier and workable. Getting the money to do it right will be a hard sell but in the long run it will pay for itself in that (depending on how and what software is used to do the virtualization) you can do more later than now. Since it is a VP give them a pitch explaining that and see if they bite and want more information.
Jon On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 12:43 PM, wjh <nt...@hedgedigger.com> wrote: > Yeah, I think he believes it is just a matter of having a server in cold > storage. And I don't think he knows we are talking about 450 gigs of data. > > Bill > > > Jay Dale wrote: > > That’s the rub…J > > > > *From:* Clayton Doige > [mailto:clayton.do...@gmail.com<clayton.do...@gmail.com>] > > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:18 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: mail server DR ? > > > > ask him how much it will cost to be down for more than 45 miutes ;-) > > 2009/10/13 Jay Dale <jd...@xpresstel.com> > > Too expensive for what he’s looking for. > > > > Jay > > > > *From:* Clayton Doige [mailto:clayton.do...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 13, 2009 9:11 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: mail server DR ? > > > > Double Take - will have you up in running in 5 minutes > > 2009/10/13 Davies,Matt <mdav...@generalatlantic.com> > > Maybe I'm missing the point here, but 45 minute downtime can be achieved, > but how many minutes/hours of data are you prepared to lose ? Given that > money is a problem so some form of asyn replication is used. > > Matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: wjh [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] > Sent: 13 October 2009 14:38 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: mail server DR ? > > Hi all, > > So the VP of one of our clients wants to be able to guarantee a 45 > minute window of downtime if there is a critical failure of their mail > server. They are using exchange 2003 enterprise in standalone on a HP > DL360 with a StorageWorks connected by scsi. The mdbdata folder is > 450GB. This is for less than 200 users. They currently have no > retention policy and no limit on mailbox sizes. They have 100 users > with blackberries on a BES 5.0 server. Very important that BBs stay > workable. > > Backup Exec does incremental to disk and fulls to tape(LTO4) for offsite > storage. They have a metro Ethernet connection providing a 100 meg > connection to the internet at a data center. > > What would you consider a reasonable solution for DR within 45 minutes? > They supposedly had no money for projects/capital expenditures remaining > this year, but then he asked for this. > > Thanks for any thoughts/advice. > > Bill > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > _____________________________________________________________ > This e-mail (including all attachments) is confidential and may be > privileged. > It is for the exclusive use of the addressee only. If you are not the > addressee, > you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is > strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please erase > all > copies of the message and its attachments and notify us immediately at > h...@generalatlantic.com . Thank You. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Clayton > clay...@alsipius.com > http://alsipius.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Clayton > clay...@alsipius.com > http://alsipius.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
