[AccessD] WHS on Raid

Sorry for the mispost, I intended that last email to go to dba-tech.

Apologies,

Mark


On 29/12/2007, Mark Breen <marklbreen at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello John Colby and all my old Friends from AccessD
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> Happy new year to you all from chilly Ireland
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> I have been reading with much interest your posts on WHS.  It is a
> fascinating product that MS have produced.
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> John,
> Do I understand it right that you have purchased the hardware and are
> running it now already at home?
> I understand that it is not supplied as a software only solution, but does
> that mean that you had to buy hardware as well as the software, I would love
> to just buy the software and use my existing hardware.
> I am presuming that it will work in an environment where Win2K3 is
> installed?  is that an OK presumption?
> I understand that it is only for home use now, but do you think that they
> will eventually bring it to the corporate environment ?
> Is it a hassle to install ?
> I bought the 120 Day eval last night for approx 10 USD from MS so I guess
> I will receive the CD in a few weeks.  I also guess that I can install that
> eval version on my own hardware
>
> Finally,
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> In line with another post about a man that provides online backup
> services,
> Does any one else think that providing this as a service to local
> companies is a viable commercial venture ?
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> I currently backup a clients network to an offsite location, using a
> program named DeltaSync which is based on RSync from the Linux Environment
> and it works a treat, my only complaint is that it does not allow me to step
> back 1,2,3,4 days, and 1,2,3,4 weeks and then 1-12 months, I only ever have
> one or two snapshots of all data offsite.
>
> Since I read you post, I have been trying not to get sucked into this
> discussion, but it is too interesting to avoid :)
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> Thanks,
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> Mark
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