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Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:58 am Post subject:
Failover Exchange Servers |
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If I have an Exchange 2000/2003 server located at a colo and another
Exchange Server 2000/2003 server located in my building, can Exchange
be configured so that any email that comes to my company, would hit the
first server and then forward a copy to the Exchange server that is
sitting in my building? The users would have their default be the
Exchange Server at the building but if something were to go happen,
power outage etc, I could change their setting to point to the Exchange
server that is located at the colo and they could continue running with
access to all their email, etc?
I know there are other fault tolerant setup such as clustering etc but
some companies can't afford it.
And this is a company that provides some sort of technology for
Exchange and so when customers come in, they will see the compnay using
exchange with the product they sell.
Any information would be appreciated.
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Brian Desmond [MVP]
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Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:03 am Post subject:
Re: Failover Exchange Servers |
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Replied in m.p.exchange.admin. Please don't multipost.
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Thanks,
Brian Desmond
Windows Server MVP
www.briandesmond.com
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| Quote: | If I have an Exchange 2000/2003 server located at a colo and another
Exchange Server 2000/2003 server located in my building, can Exchange
be configured so that any email that comes to my company, would hit the
first server and then forward a copy to the Exchange server that is
sitting in my building? The users would have their default be the
Exchange Server at the building but if something were to go happen,
power outage etc, I could change their setting to point to the Exchange
server that is located at the colo and they could continue running with
access to all their email, etc?
I know there are other fault tolerant setup such as clustering etc but
some companies can't afford it.
And this is a company that provides some sort of technology for
Exchange and so when customers come in, they will see the compnay using
exchange with the product they sell.
Any information would be appreciated.
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David L. West
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Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:58 am Post subject:
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Echoing Brian, I think clustering would be the only to get exactly this
functionality.
Making the assumption that the colo would have much better redundancy as
far as power and net infrastructure are concerned, why have a local
Exchane server at all?
Put *both* servers in the colo and run the clients in cached mode. Backup
the first server to the second at whatever interval makes sense, and have
a procedure in place to bring up the second if the first takes a dive.
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David L. West
http://www.deskoptional.com
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