Re: Mirroring?

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Date: 04/27/04 

Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:35:36 -0700

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I think he was looking for full server mirroring and not
> just hard drive mirroring

Right, when I asked some similar questions awhile back the answer seemed to
be no. What I do is near line server mirroring by having a second
indentical box nearby and the server's mirrored HDs in removeable racks. A
recovery from most any failure could be done in less that 1/2 hour when
somebody's around.

> >-----Original Message-----
> >Dvord,
> >
> >Yes, this is possible and fully supported. For step-by-
> step instructions,
> >see:
> >
> >323432 HOW TO: Mirror the System and Boot Partition
> (RAID1) in Windows
> >Server
> >http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323432
> >--------------------
> >>From: Dvord Direwood <dvord@Hotmail.com>
> >>Subject: Mirroring?
> >>Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 11:40:44 -0700
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> >>Can the SBS2000 or 2003 do what used to be called (and
> might still be)
> >>mirroring? The mirroring I'm referring to is when you
> have two
> >>hardware-identical servers running, and the primary
> mirrors all changes
> >>to it to the secondary one. If the primary should fail,
> the backup one
> >>would kick in and protect against interruptions in
> service.
> >>
> >>I've done some searches, and I'm beginning to think the
> fact I'm not
> >>getting the right answers is because it's not possible.
> >>
> >>Thanks!
> >>
> >
> >Regards,
> >__
> >Mark Stanfill, MCSE+I, MCSE 2000, MCDBA, MCSA
> >Microsoft Corporation
> >
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> >
> >.
> >

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