Re: 24/7 questions:

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 01:13 PM 06/09/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> Hello all. I would like to revisit a topic
> that has come up more than once.
> My shop will become a 24/7 shop within the next year, and I would
> appreciate any and all advice on the best ways to accomplish this.
> Mirroring servers, high availability software, shared journaling, etc.
> I
> would like to know who has 24/7 shop and how they are managing. What
> are
> you using for backup, and disaster recovery solutions?

We have several accounts that have this need, and we use the Mimix
products from Lakeview.

As to D/R, you can fundamentally take two different approaches:

• Split up the boxes physically, but this makes day to day life tougher.
• Get a hot site contract, but this is more expensive.

Al


> Separately I have a questions regarding
> Network attached storage. Is anyone
> using this in conjunction with their 400? Does anyone know if it works?
> Is
> there any documentation I could look into?
>
> Any and all help will be appreciated.
>
> -Matt
>
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