Thanks for that.
(1) Are you suggesting I should use full blown Windows 2008 at both ends? That would add the cost of an Exchagne 2007 licence. I can see some advantages in avoiding the single domain restrictions of SBS, but the cost is a real issue for us.
(2) Major difficulty for me is that the brach office SQL 2008 will likely be used for more than just DR on the main application, so I can't go down the wait for disaster and then pay route. In any case, my colleague and I (yes there are only two of us) want this to be as seemless as possible for him (i.e., no fiddling around with licensing - he'll have enough to worry about as it is). That means he just starts things up at his end knowing that I have been keeping it all ready to run from my end.
(3) I am not familiar with ESXi. What would be the advantages of that over Hyper-V?
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by: Jay_Jay70Posted on 2009-10-08 at 18:33:24ID: 25531792
your basic structure - after a quick glance has a couple of holes
1) i would use and RODC setup for branch office if you want it to be a potential DR site - i would go full blown 2008 server
2) you can put in full blown SQL at no cost if it is used purely for DR.....the only time you need to pay for the licence is when the DR site goes into action.....Talk to MS about this for clarity
3) I would stick vmware ESXi on the base level and run your VM's off that - one for DC, one for SQL.....a lot better use of resources