well, yes; but what does DR mean in this case? I can set up E2010 in one datacenter and E2010 in another, run my DAG cluster across that 100 Mbps MPLS link no problem.
Single data-center? Multiple data-center? Single-server failure? SAN failure? DAS no-RAID failure? OS failure? You can't just say "DR" and be done with it. THe business has to communicate their goals. ________________________________________ From: Martin Blackstone [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 9:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: mail server DR ? No money? Prayer.... -----Original Message----- From: wjh [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 6:38 AM 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/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
