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ler (system volume) or in a storage area network that provides redundancy
at all levels (path, controllers, disks, cache memory modules, fans, and,
most important, power supply).
Second, because you can’t rely on the replication mechanism of the
Active Directory, we had to closely maintain the system, especially in the
area of backups, and, most important, data recovery. Very often, in large
computing environments, the backup window will cause some concern, but
it is the speed and the agility of the data recovery that will eventually decide
for most configurations.
Finally, we proceeded to perform the load with two ...