Re: Any pointers on DR setup in 2 different location?
- From: Rick Boza <rickb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Exchange List <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:22:45 -0500
You need to read through the Exchange DR whitepaper located at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=A58F49C5-1190-4FBF-
AEDE-007A8F366B0E&displaylang=en
In short, yes you would see pain trying to restore your database from the
Atlanta server to your Washington server, assuming the Washington server is
actually a live server with user data. And vice versa.
Database replication as you¹re describing is an inherently expensive
operation; the cost of bandwidth is usually the killer on such projects, as
you¹ve indicated. A better approach might be to have two ³warm² servers
standing by to receive a restore in each location in the event of a
catastrophic event.
Rick
On 11/17/04 10:19 PM, "Doma, Tapera" <doma@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> http://www.MSExchange.org/
> Here is the scenario.
> We have 2 sites: 1 in Atlanta and the other in DC. = We would like to setup a
> DR site in DC. We had procured DoubleTake to replicate Exchange Data between
> Atlanta and DC, but while we were doing = the initial replication with both
> servers in Atlanta we noticed that the amount of data that was being
> replicated would not make this solution work unless we increased the bandwidth
> from T1 to maybe OC3. Because of funding issues, the DoubleTake solution got
> killed. Oh by the way the 2 servers have been setup on identical hardware and
> configuration. They are both in the same domain and site, but using different
> computer names. I am looking for suggestions. Will it be possible to restore
> (Backed up with Veritas BackupExec 9.1) data (Information Store Data) to the
> server in DC without causing a lot of problems/complications? The restores
> will be done in DC probably on a weekly basis. Given the scenario above, does
> anyone have any suggestions, keeping in mind that the bandwidth will remain at
> T1. Oh by the way the production server in Atlanta has 4 storage groups, with
> a total of about 125GB of data.
> Thank you in advance for your help.
>
> Tapera Doma | Snr Tech Analyst
>
> CARE Inc
>
> Atlanta, GA
>
> doma@xxxxxxxx
>
> f. 404.589.2610
>
> v. 404.979.9252
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 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:
> rickb@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist
> Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Other related posts:
