so 'show' him how much 450GB of data is ... measure the thickness of a 1.44mb floppy diskette, and then figure out how many floppies it would take to hold 450GB ( (450 x 1024)/ 1.44 ) and multiply by that thickness ...
I did that once probably around 2001, and with much less data to back up, and came up with a stack of floppies taller than the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel in Atlanta ( 70 stories tall ) Or maybe then do the same with the thickness of a CD-ROM ... you get the idea ... I've found that executives prefer a 5 second visual to a 30 second description with words and numbers On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 12:43 PM, wjh <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, I think he believes it is just a matter of having a server in cold > storage. And I don't think he knows we are talking about 450 gigs of data. > > Bill > > > Jay Dale wrote: > > That’s the rub…J > > > > *From:* Clayton Doige > [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:18 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: mail server DR ? > > > > ask him how much it will cost to be down for more than 45 miutes ;-) > > 2009/10/13 Jay Dale <[email protected]> > > Too expensive for what he’s looking for. > > > > Jay > > > > *From:* Clayton Doige [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 13, 2009 9:11 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: mail server DR ? > > > > Double Take - will have you up in running in 5 minutes > > 2009/10/13 Davies,Matt <[email protected]> > > Maybe I'm missing the point here, but 45 minute downtime can be achieved, > but how many minutes/hours of data are you prepared to lose ? Given that > money is a problem so some form of asyn replication is used. > > Matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: wjh [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 13 October 2009 14:38 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: mail server DR ? > > Hi all, > > So the VP of one of our clients wants to be able to guarantee a 45 > minute window of downtime if there is a critical failure of their mail > server. They are using exchange 2003 enterprise in standalone on a HP > DL360 with a StorageWorks connected by scsi. The mdbdata folder is > 450GB. This is for less than 200 users. They currently have no > retention policy and no limit on mailbox sizes. They have 100 users > with blackberries on a BES 5.0 server. Very important that BBs stay > workable. > > Backup Exec does incremental to disk and fulls to tape(LTO4) for offsite > storage. They have a metro Ethernet connection providing a 100 meg > connection to the internet at a data center. > > What would you consider a reasonable solution for DR within 45 minutes? > They supposedly had no money for projects/capital expenditures remaining > this year, but then he asked for this. > > Thanks for any thoughts/advice. > > Bill > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > _____________________________________________________________ > This e-mail (including all attachments) is confidential and may be > privileged. > It is for the exclusive use of the addressee only. If you are not the > addressee, > you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is > strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please erase > all > copies of the message and its attachments and notify us immediately at > [email protected] . Thank You. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Clayton > [email protected] > http://alsipius.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Clayton > [email protected] > http://alsipius.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
