Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 15:26:17 -0500 (EST) From: "Matt Juszczak" <matt@atopia.net> To: "Nicholas Basila" <mlists@northglobe.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Backup Server Message-ID: <1477.24.225.162.3.1072643177.squirrel@mail.webaries.com> In-Reply-To: <200312281103.36613.mlists@northglobe.com> References: <20031226173013.96397.qmail@web60301.mail.yahoo.com> <200312281103.36613.mlists@northglobe.com>
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I read somewhere about the AMANDA project. Is that any good for a situation like this? > On Friday 26 December 2003 12:30 pm, samy lancher wrote: >> Hello all, >> I have a 4.5 FreeBSD server. It is our Email, web and database >> server. I would like to setup a backup server so that when the main >> server goes down the backup server takes over its job. Could some one >> please tell me the best way to setup a backup server and also suggest >> some good documentation. > > In order to keep the data synchronized, you could possibly used some > sort of shared scsi or fibre channel drive/array. You'd have to write a > script that would run on the backup and tell it to mount the drive and > startup the databases when the server was down. > Shared scsi might be the easiest, but you'll have to buy some > Y-terminated scsi cables so that the main machine won't reset the scsi > bus on the backup machine when it (the main machine) goes down. > > Nicholas > >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Naveen. >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Do you Yahoo!? >> Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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