OT : Disaster recovery?

[Peter Russell]

Colocation Colocation wrote:
> So I've just spent the past 3 weeks setting up and tweaking my 
> Mailscanner installation. I've done every possible tweak and gone 
> through everything with a magnifying glass and it all looks great.
> 
> So now my thoughts turn to backups. How best should i protect my 
> investment? I cannot yet justify a second box for redundancy so if all 
> goes wrong i will need to be able to quickly get my mail server back online.
> 

Are you sure you cant afford redundancy? Sounds like that's what you 
need when you say you want to get your mail server back online quickly.

Consider a redundant machine even its an old server or a PC (depending 
on your demands) and then at least you can receive mail while you repair 
your main machine if required. Even if the second one is only a backup MX...