Re: Disaster Planning

I would second the imaging of the server. I personally prefer Acronis and
have restored many SBS failures with Acronis to the same or different
hardware. As for the store and forward or spooling of your mail when the
server goes down, look at your ISP first as they may offer it for free or
minimal cost. Otherwise you can Google many providers that offer this and
Antispamming. I prefer Spam Soap.

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John Oliver, Jr
MCSE, MCT, CCNA
Exchange MVP 2008
Microsoft Certified Partner


"Bill Vogel" <BillVogel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3E81BFF0-B972-4E7A-8D76-E57C26327D14@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello... Just looking for some feedback on disaster planning. Read a blog
post yesterday on taznetworks regarding the Trend Micro "Email Reputation
Service". Sounds similar to Vlad's Exchange Defender (Have not subscribed
to
either). This got me thinking about what other SBSr's are doing and/or
plan
to do when a disaster happens.

What steps should a small/mid business do beyond daily backups and hoping
for the best?

I backup to tape daily and to HDD on Monday, Wed, and Friday. I have an HP
ML350 with Raid 5 with a hot spare. Also have a backup redundant power
just
in case. What other steps could or should be taken?

I've also looked into a redundant Internet connection however this became
too difficult and expensive to install. What else is there to consider??

Any thoughts appreciated.

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Thanks,
Bill V
SBS ROCKS!
http://www.adelphiaseafood.com
http://sbsbill.blogspot.com/


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