<MarkSJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I'm looking to cluster 2 servers (WS2003 Web Edition) where its sole use are
>SMTP servers. Should one server go down then another should take its place.
>Firstly, does anyone know if it can even be done using the web edition and
>secondly, how would I go about doing it? The servers are located in a DMZ
>with separate IPs at the mo and only one of them is being used at the moment.

"Jeff Cochran" <jeff.nospam@zina.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 08:42:02 -0700, MarkSJ
> <MarkSJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm looking to cluster 2 servers (WS2003 Web Edition) where its sole use
>>are
>>SMTP servers. Should one server go down then another should take its
>>place.
>>Firstly, does anyone know if it can even be done using the web edition and
>>secondly, how would I go about doing it? The servers are located in a DMZ
>>with separate IPs at the mo and only one of them is being used at the
>>moment.
>
> Web Edition can't cluster. You actually want a fail-over anyway, and
> the best methoid for SMTP is a commercial srver mirroring product.
>
> Jeff