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AJ
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Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:50 pm Post subject:
Contingency Plan |
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Hi,
Not sure if this should be posted here but I didn't know where else to post
this question.
I'm looking for a contingency plan/idea. We currenlty have the corporate
office in a building that will lose power whenever a hurricane decides to
pass by. We have a warehouse that has a generator in place. What would be
the quickest and easiest way to move 5 to 6 mission critical servers from
corp to warehouse and have the corp network running from the warehouse just
in case the power is lost in the corp building.
I was thinking of blade servers but I don't think those are suitable for SQL
& Exchange type servers. What about a virtual server SAN solution? The
colocation idea has been mentioned but looks to be to expensive (not that a
blade or SAN solution would be cheaper).
Thanks for any input. |
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AJ
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Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:50 am Post subject:
Re: Contingency Plan |
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geoclustering would be overkill for the size of this office. i could
understand if had 500 users not 50.
So the blade server or SAN virtual server would probably cost too much as
well? I liked the blade server idea of being able to yank the server out of
its cage and then just pop it to another cage at site b.
Looks like a colo might be the best (and least headache creating) idea.
Thanks.
"Brian Desmond [MVP]" wrote:
| Quote: | Not sure I follow. You want to hotsite over to your warehouse? You'll need
some sort of geoclustering solution, plus hardware and storage in the
warehouse to pull this off. It's perfectly doable and often done. It's quite
expensive. My suggestion is to do a cost analysis and see if its' really
cheaper than putty a genny at the office.
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Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP
www.briandesmond.com
"AJ" <AJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi,
Not sure if this should be posted here but I didn't know where else to
post
this question.
I'm looking for a contingency plan/idea. We currenlty have the corporate
office in a building that will lose power whenever a hurricane decides to
pass by. We have a warehouse that has a generator in place. What would
be
the quickest and easiest way to move 5 to 6 mission critical servers from
corp to warehouse and have the corp network running from the warehouse
just
in case the power is lost in the corp building.
I was thinking of blade servers but I don't think those are suitable for
SQL
& Exchange type servers. What about a virtual server SAN solution? The
colocation idea has been mentioned but looks to be to expensive (not that
a
blade or SAN solution would be cheaper).
Thanks for any input.
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AJ
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Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:50 am Post subject:
Re: Contingency Plan |
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Sorry, what do you mean by putting a "genny at the office"?
"Brian Desmond [MVP]" wrote:
| Quote: | Not sure I follow. You want to hotsite over to your warehouse? You'll need
some sort of geoclustering solution, plus hardware and storage in the
warehouse to pull this off. It's perfectly doable and often done. It's quite
expensive. My suggestion is to do a cost analysis and see if its' really
cheaper than putty a genny at the office.
--
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP
www.briandesmond.com
"AJ" <AJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9DF1AB4C-EB4C-418A-8FF8-9AB808E9C18F@microsoft.com...
Hi,
Not sure if this should be posted here but I didn't know where else to
post
this question.
I'm looking for a contingency plan/idea. We currenlty have the corporate
office in a building that will lose power whenever a hurricane decides to
pass by. We have a warehouse that has a generator in place. What would
be
the quickest and easiest way to move 5 to 6 mission critical servers from
corp to warehouse and have the corp network running from the warehouse
just
in case the power is lost in the corp building.
I was thinking of blade servers but I don't think those are suitable for
SQL
& Exchange type servers. What about a virtual server SAN solution? The
colocation idea has been mentioned but looks to be to expensive (not that
a
blade or SAN solution would be cheaper).
Thanks for any input.
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Brian Desmond [MVP]
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Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:50 am Post subject:
Re: Contingency Plan |
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Not sure I follow. You want to hotsite over to your warehouse? You'll need
some sort of geoclustering solution, plus hardware and storage in the
warehouse to pull this off. It's perfectly doable and often done. It's quite
expensive. My suggestion is to do a cost analysis and see if its' really
cheaper than putty a genny at the office.
--
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP
www.briandesmond.com
"AJ" <AJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9DF1AB4C-EB4C-418A-8FF8-9AB808E9C18F@microsoft.com...
| Quote: | Hi,
Not sure if this should be posted here but I didn't know where else to
post
this question.
I'm looking for a contingency plan/idea. We currenlty have the corporate
office in a building that will lose power whenever a hurricane decides to
pass by. We have a warehouse that has a generator in place. What would
be
the quickest and easiest way to move 5 to 6 mission critical servers from
corp to warehouse and have the corp network running from the warehouse
just
in case the power is lost in the corp building.
I was thinking of blade servers but I don't think those are suitable for
SQL
& Exchange type servers. What about a virtual server SAN solution? The
colocation idea has been mentioned but looks to be to expensive (not that
a
blade or SAN solution would be cheaper).
Thanks for any input. |
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Russ Kaufmann [MVP]
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Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:50 pm Post subject:
Re: Contingency Plan |
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"AJ" <AJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Sorry, what do you mean by putting a "genny at the office"?
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Generator
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Russ Kaufmann
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Website
http://msmvps.com/clusterhelp - Blog |
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Brian Desmond [MVP]
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Wed Nov 02, 2005 8:25 am Post subject:
Re: Contingency Plan |
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I assumed based on the newsgroup you posted in you wanted a clustering
solution, not a manual solution. Blades are easy enough - you can put an
enclosure and such at either end and rip and run, at least with compaq. Just
need to make sure you can handle the routing at either end of the link.
Blades you only get two disks though, so you'll need to either be able to
fit your data on those or you have to truck your SAN device and switches and
such over too. You need something like VVR to replicate SAN data to the
other site.
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Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP
www.briandesmond.com
"AJ" <AJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | geoclustering would be overkill for the size of this office. i could
understand if had 500 users not 50.
So the blade server or SAN virtual server would probably cost too much as
well? I liked the blade server idea of being able to yank the server out
of
its cage and then just pop it to another cage at site b.
Looks like a colo might be the best (and least headache creating) idea.
Thanks.
"Brian Desmond [MVP]" wrote:
Not sure I follow. You want to hotsite over to your warehouse? You'll
need
some sort of geoclustering solution, plus hardware and storage in the
warehouse to pull this off. It's perfectly doable and often done. It's
quite
expensive. My suggestion is to do a cost analysis and see if its' really
cheaper than putty a genny at the office.
--
Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP
www.briandesmond.com
"AJ" <AJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9DF1AB4C-EB4C-418A-8FF8-9AB808E9C18F@microsoft.com...
Hi,
Not sure if this should be posted here but I didn't know where else to
post
this question.
I'm looking for a contingency plan/idea. We currenlty have the
corporate
office in a building that will lose power whenever a hurricane decides
to
pass by. We have a warehouse that has a generator in place. What
would
be
the quickest and easiest way to move 5 to 6 mission critical servers
from
corp to warehouse and have the corp network running from the warehouse
just
in case the power is lost in the corp building.
I was thinking of blade servers but I don't think those are suitable
for
SQL
& Exchange type servers. What about a virtual server SAN solution?
The
colocation idea has been mentioned but looks to be to expensive (not
that
a
blade or SAN solution would be cheaper).
Thanks for any input.
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Brian Desmond [MVP]
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Wed Nov 02, 2005 8:25 am Post subject:
Re: Contingency Plan |
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Yeah sorry about that. Entertainment industry term.
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Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP
www.briandesmond.com
"Russ Kaufmann [MVP]" <russ@clusterhelp.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | "AJ" <AJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:72B81E15-813E-44F3-AF31-EC09EE59AD85@microsoft.com...
Sorry, what do you mean by putting a "genny at the office"?
Generator
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Russ Kaufmann
MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.clusterhelp.com - Cluster Website
http://msmvps.com/clusterhelp - Blog
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