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Roger Nome
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      03-17-2009
Hi Guys,

Just looking for some direction on how to tackle a specific problem.

I have a customer who has one site. All the machines are Windows 2003
Standard Server 64bit.

There are the following:
- Domain Controller
- SQL 2005 Box/App Server
- Terminal Server

The customer wants a disaster recovery site. Only the SQL 2005/App Server
box needs to at the DR. What is the easiest solution to do this?

My think was to roll up to 2008 Advanced server and create a cluster. The
problem is, the link between the two are on a dsl link. It's a controlled
dsl link as this is a medical company. I think there needs to be two links,
one for the heartbeat and one for the normal traffic.

Am I on the correct wave length here?

Looking for other solutions if you have any ideas.


 
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Ryan Sokolowski [MVP]
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      03-20-2009
Roger, the bigger challenge / cost here isn't the link (as you don't need 2
WAN links between the sites for HB and Public traffic), it is the need to
replicate your storage if you were to deploy a Multi-site Failover Cluster.

I'd probably look into database replication initially and see if that will
serve your needs...

Hope this helps,
--Ryan

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Ryan Sokolowski
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MCT, MCITP x3, MCTS x8, MCSE x2, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP


"Roger Nome" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi Guys,
>
> Just looking for some direction on how to tackle a specific problem.
>
> I have a customer who has one site. All the machines are Windows 2003
> Standard Server 64bit.
>
> There are the following:
> - Domain Controller
> - SQL 2005 Box/App Server
> - Terminal Server
>
> The customer wants a disaster recovery site. Only the SQL 2005/App Server
> box needs to at the DR. What is the easiest solution to do this?
>
> My think was to roll up to 2008 Advanced server and create a cluster. The
> problem is, the link between the two are on a dsl link. It's a controlled
> dsl link as this is a medical company. I think there needs to be two
> links, one for the heartbeat and one for the normal traffic.
>
> Am I on the correct wave length here?
>
> Looking for other solutions if you have any ideas.
>


 
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