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Carl, I would suggest that turning yourself into a hot site backup provider may be more of a can of worms than you might realize. Frankly, the liability aspects of this would scare me off. But you know your client & your situation, and I don't. Roll your own? vs. spending $20k on a prepackaged solution? vs. spending $???/month on a hotsite provider? If you & your client decide to make you the hot site, I can't see how you could spend less than $20k in terms of your own time/salaries to roll your own. Of course, this depends on the level of availability your client needs. How soon *MUST* they be back up and running when their 400 ditches in the middle of their busiest period? One company I knew of claimed that, after four hours of unplanned downtime in their busy season, they'd be in a catastrophic situation. I suspect most non-IT managers don't realize how dependent their businesses are on their information systems. Is your client using a totally mirrored disks? A big UPS? Journaling? These and other 400 features can go a long way in ensuring system availability and quick recovery. On a recovery scheme that relies on tape backup: Can the client live with the problems when the 400 dies at 4 p.m., after a full day of processing since the last nightly backup? Don't know if you've covered all these questions. I think these are probably just the tip of the iceberg. I would be interested in knowing what becomes of this. - Dan Bale (I am *NOT* "Dale" http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200105/msg00281.html )
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