Remember that you
can think of high availability as a system??™s capability to keep downtime to a minimum while
continuing normal operation in the event of disruptions due to hardware, software, or service
requirements. Fault tolerance, on the other hand, refers to reducing the risk of service disruption
in the event of system or component failure. Earlier we talked about deciding whether high
availability was important to your organization. If you chose to install the standard server, this
question is moot to a certain degree. Then again, fault tolerance should be built into your
systems to a certain degree, even for your workstations.
In the next phase, you should plan your database storage. Planning you database storage
solution requires that you know what types of data are being generated and where each type
is being stored. Spend some time on this aspect of your planning, as nothing can bring your
OCS 2007 installation down as fast as poor storage planning. In your planning, make sure
you balance three criteria: capacity, availability, and performance. The choices you make in
this regard as you plan and implement your storage solution will affect the cost associated
with administration and maintenance of your OCS 2007 environment.
The fi nal phase is to plan for compliance and usage analysis. We all know how our companies
and organizations are being required to retain more and more information, including both
e-mail and IM conversations. And now these requirements are being extended to conferencing,
and that includes meeting content.
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