Re: SBS2003 redundancy

No you can't get away from that single point of failure. But you can design
around it.
Redundancy has many forms which can put your mind at greater ease.

Failing that > I suggest the cost savings from the SBS SKU's (MS SBS2003,
Exchange 2003, ISA2004, SQL2000, Trend SMB, Veritas SMB, etc etc. ) would
more than cover the cost of a second redundant server available in case
disaster strikes. Add a few extra spares to cover the most likely hardware
failures too.

Then add in the value of the feature set and tight integration of SBS and
you've got a compelling argument. For less than 75 users that is. (more like
50 I'd suggest) Then it's time to get all enterprise about it.

I agree it would be a no brainer if we could remove this limitation or have
a middle ground to cater for those who are too small to go enterprise but
too big to risk losing business continuity. Add that to the wishlist for
SBS2007.

ciao
Jeremy


"CO-DBA-SC-EL" <dx6490@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ejPF246eFHA.3712@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> "Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]" <crisnospamhanna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote in message news:Oklw%23O4eFHA.4040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Well you've mis-interpreted the documentation slightly
>> The fact is: you may have as many domain controllers as you wish
>> within the SBS domain up to the 75 connection license limit, however
>> the SBS server must hold the FSMO roles and be at the root of the
>> AD Forest/ Domain. Therefore you cannot have two SBS servers in the same
>> domain.
>
> An therefore you cannot have true redundancy. You are at the mercy of
> restoring from your last backup. This is the last thing that still
> prevents me from moving my real world users and their computers to the SBS
> server. If the server goes down the business is dead in the water until
> the server can be restored, because without the domain controller the
> client computers are seriously crippled.
>
> C_O
>


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