[dba-Tech] Once and for all time: server backups

Mark,

I will take a look at Google Apps for Domains.  Thanks.

Steve Erbach
Neenah, WI

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 3:39 AM, Mark Breen <marklbreen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Steve,
>
> I should hare stressed one point here.
>
> ServerA has mirrored disks, so if I loose a disk, I should not loose the
> server.  (machine B is the same BTW).  But the big worry is always if
> anything goes wrong with ServerA, motherboard, video card, raid controller
> etc, I could loose the entire machine and it could takes days and days to
> get back from a failed raid controller.
>
> With machineB type configuration, I have a hot, ready to go, file sharing
> machine, that would allow 90% of the company to be backup up and running in
> minutes, and I could fix ServerA at my leisure.
>
> Oh One other thing, first thing I did when I went on-site three years ago
> was migrate the company off their old creaking Exchange Server and outlook,
> and move everything to Google App for Domains, so I have zero worries about
> backuping up or restoring their email systems.
>
> This is DeltaCopy  http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp
>
> and if you do not like that, have a look at SyncToy by MS
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c26efa36-98e0-4ee9-a7c5-98d0592d8c52&displaylang=en
>
>
> thanks
>
> Mark
>
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