thoughts on setting up an emergency server

[Gregory Nowak]

Well, those are good suggestions , but there are a few problems.

1. More hds, controllers, or another machine are out, because they cost, and I don't have the budget of an it department at my disposal (smile).

2. The bootable cdrw is a good option, because I can keep it updated.
However, this would mean the whole system would be running from ram, and any additional info stored while the system was running would be lost upon a reboot.

Greg


On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 10:55:40AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> So, you want what the IT industry calls "faul tolerance?" Good for you.
> 
> Do you have a bootable CD ROM? Why not put the basics on a bootable CDR?
> 
> Scaling up from there, the next step, imho, would be a second hd mirroring the first. Scaling further, a second
> controller for the second hd. Beyond that, I'm afraid, it's a second machine.
>