Thanks very much for taking the time for your detailed reply, Stan, but I'll need more time to study it...
On 2012-03-02 4:17 AM, Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com> wrote: <snip>
My gut instinct, based on experience and the match, is that a single GbE inter site MAN link will be plenty, without the need to duplicate server infrastructure.
I just wanted to point out one thing - I have two primary goals - yes, one is to maximize performance, but the other is accomplish a level of *redundancy*...
Also - I already have the servers (I have 3 Poweredge 2970's available to me, only one of which is currently being used)...
So, the only extra expenses involved will be relatively minor hardware expenses (multi-port Gb NICs), and some consulting services for making sure I implement the VM environment (including the routing) correctly.
So, honestly, we'd be incurring most of these expenses anyway, even if we didn't set up redundant servers, so I figure why not get redundancy too (now is the time to get the boss to pay for it)...
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Best regards,
Charles