This
seminar was led by Convergent
Computing President and author
of the #1 selling book in 27
countries on Windows
technologies, Rand Morimoto,
presented tips, tricks, best
practices, and updated
strategies used to improve
disaster recovery business
practices.
Rand covered in this seminar:
-
What’s new in Windows 2003
R2 as well as recent add-ons
that help with system
reliability, fault
tolerance, and disaster
recovery
- How
to best configure Windows
2003 for system hardware,
data file, and log file
placement and optimization
-
What’s new with the Server
Performance Analyzer (SPA)
recently updated by
Microsoft
- How
clustering and network load
balance can be leveraged to
improve reliability
-
Where the new Distributed
File System Replication (DFSR)
can be used to create
redundant and high
availability file server
functionality
- How
DFSR compares with the
Microsoft Data Protection
Server (DPS) product for
file recovery
-
What the new practices are
for organizations relative
to disk to disk to tape
backup strategies
Key
areas of discussion include the
following:
-
Leveraging New Technologies
to Meet Business Continuity
Goals: Practical advice on
how to create attainable
Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
and to plan for 99.999 %
uptime.
-
Protecting Against Failure:
Learn about specific
strategies that provide
protection against failures
in server systems (hard
drives, power supplies,
error correcting memory) and
improve data recoverability
of applications
-
Proactive Monitoring:
Identify controllable
failures before they occur
rather than reacting after
they occur
You should download and print
the
slide deck that will be used
throughout this session
Video #1 (1-hr
14-min):
Covers DR vs Business
Continuity, Backup, Clustering,
Network Load Balancing,
Distributed File System
Video #2 (56-minutes):
Covers Exchange E12 Continuous
Backup, Virtualization (VMWare,
Microsoft Virtual Server),
Microsoft Data Protection
Server, Microsoft Operations
Manager
Convergent Computing is a
technology consulting firm
headquartered in the San
Francisco Bay Area that helps
organizations plan, implement,
and support their networking
environments. If your
organization can use assistance
implementing, supporting, or
just getting better use of your
Windows Active Directory,
Exchange, SharePoint, or other
network or application
technologies, please contact our
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