Microsoft® Windows Server 2003: Administrator’s Companion

Preparing for a Disaster

As Ben Franklin was known to say, “Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.” This is truer than ever with modern operating systems, and although Windows Server 2003 includes a number of exceptionally useful recovery modes and tools, you still need to prepare for potential problems. Some of these techniques are covered in detail in other chapters and are discussed here only briefly, whereas others are covered here at length.

Setting Up a Fault-Tolerant System

A fault-tolerant system is one that is prepared to continue operating in the event of key component failures. This technique is very useful for servers running critical applications. Here are a few of the many ways to ensure fault tolerance in a system:

• Use one ...