Dear Al, Please read my initial mail again. I have said that the 2 SAN Box are in Sinc. To clarify the lethency period etc. these 2 sites are 1.5 kms away and connection between site is through fiber cables. Now I hope that u get my requirement. Cluster was proposed by Raj which I felt was a valid solution. Should u need any further clarification please feel free contact me. Regards, Rajnish -----Original Message----- From: Mulnick, Al [mailto:Al.Mulnick@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 6:01 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Exchange 2000 DR with SAN replication. http://www.MSExchange.org/ Your original post was not detailed enough to answer the question. More information about requirements is needed. You've given a possible goal but no idea or background as to why or what the acceptable solution could look like. Could you deploy a third node to the cluster? Yes and no. It depends on your environment and how much latency exists between the data repositories, the WAN links etc. (assuming this is across a WAN). Just adding a third node to the cluster may not achieve what you want to accomplish if the data isn't replicated fast enough. You have not specified what level of service needs to be available during any disaster event. You haven't specified the distances etc. Al -----Original Message----- From: Rajnish Malik [mailto:rajnish@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 11:02 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Exchange 2000 DR with SAN replication. Importance: High http://www.MSExchange.org/ Dear Raj, You are right that Cluster is an ideal solution but Remember that I need some kind of cluster in which it will be 4 nodes and 2 storage. If you see my initial diagram I have 2 SAN Box's which are already set in Sync with each other. The 2nd SAN Box was introduced to have a failover. Now tell me has you and one tried DR in this kind of scenario. Regards, Rajnish ________________________________ From: Rajnish Malik [mailto:rajnish@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 6:47 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Exchange 2000 DR with SAN replication. Importance: High http://www.MSExchange.org/ Dear Friends, I have the following situation with exchange 2000 running in a cluster Site 1 Site 2 Server A <---->Server B Server C | | SAN Box |---------------------------------------| SAN Box (Replication) I have one site in which my exchange server (Server A & Server B) are running in a cluster and data is stored in SAN Storage (Data, Logs, Qurun) Now I need to add another DISTATER RECOVERY SITE. We have successfully configured the SAN replication between these sites for (Data & Logs). Is their a way I can make Server C as exchange server to service my client request in case of any failure. Await your reply. Regards, Rajnish ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion List as: al.mulnick@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion List as: rajnish@xxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx