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Additional/Backup File Server
Name: rajoo_sh Date: March 12, 2009 at 07:31:47 Pacific OS: Windows Server 2003 CPU/Ram: Core 2 duo Subcategory: General
Comment:
I've one PDC and an additional DC in a win2k3 domain.
There is a file server too.
User Home Directories are mapped as a drive to \\fileserver\users\user1
I was wondering Is there a way two have a backup file server? so that it has an exact replica of main file server and in case of failure of main file server it takes place of it within minutes.
Name: rajoo_sh Date: March 16, 2009 at 08:39:25 Pacific
Reply:
Hello Wanderer, Thanks for the reply on the other post and apologies for posting the same stuff on two different boards. I know its kinda stupid but sometimes I don't get answer from one board :-( so I posted on two.
Computing.net is a great support and resource, it should support linking a post to multiple boards the way experts-exchange do (I know thats a paid one).
You are one of most active ones on computing.net, thanks for the effort and contribution.
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