Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 10:49:13 -0500 From: Mikel King <mikel@ocsinternet.com> To: admin@freedomhosting.com Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re-location with no downtime. Message-ID: <3C5572F9.2040101@ocsinternet.com> References: <1012232035.3c556f6395b00@webmail.freedomhosting.com>
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I believe that the mirror method would be the best idea...and then you could simply pull a DNS switch. Once you are absolutely sure that the world is running off of the new server then you could physically relocate the old server. Once in it's new home you could sync up MySql and your other apps so that no one would really know... Of course the key to this sort of thing is your ability to manipulate the DNS...;) cheers, Mikel admin@freedomhosting.com wrote: >Hello, > >I will need to move one of my servers from one physical location, to another >one about 3-5 hours away. My client does not want any down time during the >move... So.. Now I have the task of trying to figure out a solution. > >What would be the best way to move this server? It does quite a bit of traffic >(mostly http, peaking at 20 Mbit daily, with a low of 5 Mbit) > >Now what would be ideal... Is there a good way that I could completely mirror >this server to another one at the new location? That way I could serve web >pages, etc from the server in the new location while the old one is being >moved, then switch it back once the old one is online again. > >Any suggestions would be welcomed... >The machine runs apache, mysql, proftpd and has about 8,500 users. > >Best Regards, > >Kevin Turner >admin@freedomhosting.com > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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