cold/warm/hot server

A warm server is a backup server that is turned on periodically to receive updates from the server being backed up. Warm servers are often used for replication and mirroring.

A hot server is a backup server that receives regular updates and is standing by ready (on hot standby) to take over immediately in the event of a failover.

As part of its Software Assurance licensing program, Microsoft currently offers free software licenses for cold servers intended for disaster recovery. It does not offer free licenses for warm or hot servers.

Learn more about Microsoft Windows Data Backup and Protection

	Breaking down the Windows Server Backup tool for Windows 2008: Find documentation on what's new with Microsoft's NTBackup tool (Windows Server Backup), included with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista.
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Data Protection Manager 2007: Relief from branch office backup headaches: The ability to back up apps is just one of the key improvements of Data Protection Manager 2007. Gary Olsen breaks down DPM and offers some helpful backup tips for Windows admins.
Configure a backup device for Remote Storage: The Remote Storage file migration service requires a backup device to migrate the data from the managed volume. Here are the steps for enabling a backup device.
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How to configure backups and perform restores in Windows Server 2008: Discover tips on backing up your Windows Server 2008 operating system and data as well as info on performing restores in this chapter excerpt from "Windows Server 2008 How-To".
Developing a solid Windows Server 2008 backup and recovery strategy: This book excerpt provides details on new backup and recovery features for Windows Server 2008, along with tips for creating a quality backup and restore plan.
The Backup Book -- Chapter 1, When Bad Things Happen To Good Computers': This chapter explains what can go wrong and how that applies to the various backup methods, coupled with recovery tactics and solutions to real-world scenarios.
Learning Guide: Data protection: Protecting your data is one of the most important aspects of your job, especially in the event of an unexpected hardware failure. Our guide can help!
10 tips in 10 minutes on backup and restore technologies: Find out about the technical challenges that need to be solved in order to back up and restore data in a timely way. These 10 tips are excerpted from a chapter in Dilip C. Naik's book, Inside ...

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More resources from around the web: - SearchWin2000.com provides an article that explains Microsoft's plan to support cold servers. - Microsoft provides more information about its criteria for licensing cold, warm, and hot servers.

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