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Yes, that is what i was thinking about a manual failover (re-IP the server) in case of catastrophy. &nbsp;It is heavy usage. &nbsp;15,000 POP email accounts and each email is stored and delivered as a single file. &nbsp;I am not exactly sure of the I/O, but it will be fairly heavy.
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Yes, that is what i was thinking about a manual failover (re-IP the server) in case of catastrophy.  It is heavy usage.  15,000 POP email accounts and each email is stored and delivered as a single file.  I am not exactly sure of the I/O, but it will be fairly heavy.

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We currently use MS 2000 Clustering Service for 2 UNC shares that absolutely need to be up 24X7. &nbsp;The Clustering Service is attached to a 140Gb NetApp LUN. &nbsp;We either need to buy another NetApp OR find another way to make a UNC share rock solid and up 24X7. &nbsp;The UNC share will have millions files and will grow to 500Gb or larger and will have heavy access. &nbsp;It is for a third party mail server which is clustered, load balanced, and keeps it's mail in that LUN. &nbsp;Will MSS2003 (Microsoft Storeage Server) work for this? &nbsp;Can I cluster the data using VSS to another machine and have some sort of MS clustering or failover policy in case the MSS2003 server crashes? &nbsp;What are options for having a UNC share up 99.999%?
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We currently use MS 2000 Clustering Service for 2 UNC shares that absolutely need to be up 24X7.  The Clustering Service is attached to a 140Gb NetApp LUN.  We either need to buy another NetApp OR find another way to make a UNC share rock solid and up 24X7.  The UNC share will have millions files and will grow to 500Gb or larger and will have heavy access.  It is for a third party mail server which is clustered, load balanced, and keeps it's mail in that LUN.  Will MSS2003 (Microsoft Storeage Server) work for this?  Can I cluster the data using VSS to another machine and have some sort of MS clustering or failover policy in case the MSS2003 server crashes?  What are options for having a UNC share up 99.999%?

Can a Microsoft Storeage Server 2003 replace my NetApp SAN with 2000 MSCS sharing out a UNC?

Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data. In addition to local storage devices like CD and DVD readers, hard drives and flash drives, solid state drives can hold enormous amounts of data in a very small device. Cloud services and other new forms of remote storage also add to the capacity of devices and their ability to access more data without building additional data storage into a device.

Storage

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Servers are computing devices that are similar to desktop computers in that they have the same basic components, but are significantly different in size, configuration and purpose. Servers are usually accessed over a network, and many run unattended, without a computer monitor, input device, audio hardware or USB interfaces. Many servers do not have a graphical user interface (GUI), and are configured and managed remotely. Servers typically include hardware redundancy such as dual power supplies, RAID disk systems, and ECC memory, along with extensive pre-boot memory testing and verification. Critical components might be hot swappable, and to guard against overheating, servers might have more powerful fans or use water cooling.