Except for that little bankruptcy thing... -----Original Message----- From: Ian Boyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 5:33 AM To: MSWinNT Discussions Subject: RE: Disaster Recovery Options
Have a word with Exodus. They have good facilities and a good track record. Whether they provide exactly what you need I don't know but they are certainly worth a try from experience. Jason McCracken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > IBM does this kind of hosting. I didn't put the disaster recovery plan > together, so I couldn't give you any idea of costs. We (the term 'we' > being used loosely, because more than one company uses this site) have a > site in NY that they have servers on site for us to bring up our critical > operations, etc etc. > > Hope that helps. > > Jason McCracken > Network Administrator > Domino's Pizza, LLC > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Brian Dugas > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 4:43 PM > To: MSWinNT Discussions > Subject: RE: Disaster Recovery Options > > > I agree on the cost being almost prohibitive, but I have been asked by > the Board of Directors to provide such a plan. I already told them the > cost would be enormous, but I am here to supply information that others > can then decide for themselves that this solution is cost prohibitive. > > Thanks - That idea is what I have proposed, at one of our remote sites. > > Brian Dugas > MIS Director > Summit Technical Services, Inc. > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Voice: 401-736-8323 x11 > Fax: 401-738-8851 > Web: http://www.summit-technical.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Strome [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 6:52 PM > To: MSWinNT Discussions > Subject: RE: Disaster Recovery Options > > > I don't know of the names of any offhand...no need for them. TRUST me on > this...you do NOT need what you're looking for. The cost of such a > scenario tens of thousands of dollars...per month in some cases. > > Do yourself a favor: 1) buy the number of servers you need to get your > company back up and operational within your defined timeframe 2) Prepare > a site if necessary, or make arrangements with a site to host your > servers and some of your end users 3) Determine internet connectivity > (generally most office buildings will have high speed access...if not, > consider wireless as a backup for your current infrastruture, and if you > have a disaster, have that equipment offsite and able to tie in to the > wireless network and your > LAN) > > Obviously that's the tip of the iceberg...but it shows you that you can > do practically the same thing as remote hosting co's for a fraction of > the cost. I doubt that your company would be able to recover, personnell > wise, fast enough to take advantage of the instant recovery site. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Dugas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 1:54 PM > To: MSWinNT Discussions > Subject: Disaster Recovery Options > > > Good Afternoon! > > I have been asked to research a Disaster Recovery Plan for our NT > servers. Does anyone have, or know of, any offsite hosting companies > that, in the event of a catastrophic failure at our company, could have > redundant servers come online at a remote hosting facility. > > Thanks - Brian > > Brian Dugas > MIS Director > Summit Technical Services, Inc. > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: www.summit-technical.com > Voice: 401-736-8323 x11 > Fax: 401-738-8851 > > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
