Standby Exchange Server

[cm2k]

Hi.

I have an Exchange 2003 Server, which is currently backed up using Brightstor, however I have little faith in that product as it crashes regurlaly.

I have a server that is exactly the same as the working Exchange server, So was hoping to have a replica of it somehow.

I have very little budget, I can stretch to a basic Netgear SAN. I have been thinking about doing a Peer to Peer Ghost.

Can anybody think of a better solution?

Many Thanks

 

[Davetoo]

I'd fix the Brighstor crashing problem, #1. Going to a cluster is a mess, to say the least, and most won't recommend it.

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[cm2k]

Thanks i'm working on it however would like to have an extra layer of security.

As you mentioned above I would like to avoid using Clusters.

 

[skialta]

Do you mean Netgear NAS? Not being critical, just that SANs are much, much more expensive and Netgear doesn't sell any. Moving on, you're going to really be looking for a product such as Go2Exchange or equivalent. I've not used them but hear that some are very good. I'd explain to management that if they want a replicated server, then they'll have to open the purse strings a bit more.

 

[cm2k]

Your right, my bad

Thanks, looks like i'm going to struggle with this.