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Re: Very huge email service



On Wed, Nov 24, 1999 at 04:08:42AM -0500, Chris Wagner wrote:

> >Another solution, which has already been proposed is a geographical
> >split of the machines.
> 
> Another bad thing about using one monolithic centralized system is that
> you're one power failure, one natural disaster, one terrorist attack away
> from total 100% system loss.  Whats the old addage... don't put all your
> eggs in one basket. :)

Most of which could be solved using remote mirrored disks and a remote
secondary/tertiary mx.

That way you could quickly have a backup system on the go.

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