RE: Servers Spreading Like Rabbits...

["Walden H. Leverich III" <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>If you didn't have the SQL server...

My web server could still serve static content and inform my customers that
we are experiencing technical difficulities. My VPN server would allow my
support staff to look at the problem from home at 1AM.

>If you didn't have the web server...

My internal CRM application would still have a database. And again my
support staff could connect to fix at 1AM.

>When the VPN server goes down...

My customers still have an active web site and my internal users still have
an active CRM app. And my support staff can get in their car the next
morning since the business critical stuff is still up.

And this all ignores the fact that if any of these are business critical I
can cluster them and reduce the likelyhood of a complete failure.

-Walden

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Walden H Leverich III
President
Tech Software
(516) 627-3800 x11
(208) 692-3308 eFax
WaldenL@TechSoftInc.com
http://www.TechSoftInc.com 

Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Damato [mailto:jdamato@dollargeneral.com] 
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 1:53 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Servers Spreading Like Rabbits...


> Walden:
>I wouldn't have a file server, I'd still have a web
>server and a SQL server and a VPN Server.

If you didn't have the SQL server I'm not sure what you'd do with the web
server.  If you didn't have the web server I'm not sure what you'd do with
the SQL server.  When the VPN server goes down you've got yourself a very
secure application.  One man's tier is another man's point of failure.

-Jim

James P. Damato
Manager - Technical Administration
Dollar General Corporation
<mailto:jdamato@dollargeneral.com>
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