More articles by Brien M. Posey

The idea behind Hailstorm is that for a subscription fee, Microsoft will store all of your data for you. Sounds good, but how many companies out there would trust Microsoft with its data?

I recently spent two weeks restructuring my entire network so that I could begin running Exchange 2000. Needless to say, any time you're working with a brand new operating system or program, there's a good chance that a bug will cause your system to crash. Enter Ghost 2001.

If data is saved on remote storage tapes, you're safe, right? Well, maybe not. Brien Posey reminds you can things can go wrong when tapes are constantly overwritten, and he explains how to avoid and recover from storage disasters.

Windows 2000 includes several features such as DFS and disk quota support that help preserve hard disk space. One such feature is Remote Storage. In this article, I'll discuss the concept and configuration issues behind this new feature.