Thanks. I'll see about including this in a virtual environment as I'd already been thinking about. After discussing my D/R plans on this list extensively, I've come to the conclusion that, no matter what our current environment is, we probably ought to virtualize it, that way, worse comes to worst, we can bring up both DCs on one physical server, as well as our current Time and Attendance software, preferably on a new virtual server.
I appreciate the feedback, guys. Now to see what I can do about getting Management "buy-in." :-) From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 10:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Small server Whenver you have the choice, take the OTHER choice besides software RAID !!! Besides being CPU intensive, it is also sensitive to other OS issues and system instabilities, and in my experience less reliable than a single direct attached drive. From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 9:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Small server I am looking at getting a small server running Windows Server 2003, so I can have my time and attendance running on a supported O/S. Looking at Dells Premier site, the least expensive option only offers a Software RAID5, unless Im mis-reading the options. Would you guys rather have a Hardware RAID0 / RAID1 or a software RAID5? Any other options I should be looking at for a small server? Were primarily a Dell shop here, but I can look at others, including white box servers, so long as I can get some sort of warranty / hardware support on it. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
