Thanks for your input Guys. I am going to talk to my manager this morning.

How long do you think would it take you to test the following thorougly?

1. Set up clusters...

Great, that's exactly what we want to do. Thanks I have read the articles recommended. It definitely clears some doubts.

Can anyone tell me whether the 2nd DRP be able to work...

If you do what I said it should work.

otherwise, Read the following

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/adminsql/ad_1_server_2ecs.asp

this should help you understand the concepts.

Thanks. Yeah, we do have a plan to migrate to SQL (and it will take about 18 months for all of that to migrate), but untill then we need to...

You need to logon to both the servers using the same account Cao. That is the reason why SQL Mail worked on the one where you logged on with the...

At first I wasn't sure whether it would create the file with the same name. So, I moved the file manually and ran the job. It did create the file...

hey Cao, I was having lots of problems setting up SQL mail myself. However, everyone on this site helped me and how I have been able to successfully test it...

So, that means that I should make all the efforts now, before it is implemented, to not to share the Exchange and Database data files. 

Our current Exchange database is 56GB, with...

Thanks Guys.

The company I just joined has a DWH, that is approximately 300 GB, inlcuding 128 GB of Indexes. I have been asked to look into the model to...

We're Installing NetApp here. Check it out at http://www.NetApp.com

You can get a basic understanding of SQL on SAN at http://www.netapp.com/ftp/sql-server-mag-article-1-2006.pdf This is a really good article.

What are your requirements...

Hey Eric,

How did you go with your SAN installation?

Just sharing with you that the SAN we're implementing will have RAID-DP (Dual Parity), and twice better in performance and reliablity than...

Hey Ben,

I work in Sydney as well. And yes, if you are interested to work in Sydney with you 5 years of background experience, I'll say it is definitely worth...

Thankyou all for helping me understand the concept. I don't know what I'd do without you.

Thanks heaps again,

TK

Thanks Ian. That was very helpful.

Does any one else have any ideas on splitting the indexes on a bigger database?

Thanks Guys.

I am going to work very closely with the SAN Administrator, but he is new to SAN as well. So, the work of learning and understanding has been...