From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 28 11:30:56 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CAED106566C for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:30:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from b_bonev@mail.orbitel.bg) Received: from smtp.orbitel.bg (smtp.orbitel.bg [195.24.32.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7ED778FC1A for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:30:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from b_bonev@mail.orbitel.bg) Received: (qmail 23164 invoked from network); 28 Mar 2008 11:30:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (10.0.0.4) by smtp.orbitel.bg with SMTP; 28 Mar 2008 11:30:54 -0000 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mail.orbitel.bg Received: from smtp.orbitel.bg ([10.0.0.5]) by localhost (sof-rv2.orbitel.bg [10.0.0.4]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id nQuWqY-17vWf; Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:30:52 +0200 (EET) Received: from chameleon (unknown [83.228.34.40]) by smtp.orbitel.bg (Postfix) with SMTP id 7C8A3A5C3DC; Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:30:52 +0200 (EET) Message-ID: <007401c890c7$28c15670$f800000a@chameleon> From: "B. Bonev" To: References: <007801c88dd6$2100d6c0$f800000a@chameleon> <1206396758.18298.73.camel@soundwave.ws.pitbpa0.priv.collaborativefusion.com> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:30:42 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fault tolerance with FreeBSD for old DOS app X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:30:56 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian A. Seklecki" To: "B. Bonev" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 12:12 AM Subject: Re: fault tolerance with FreeBSD for old DOS app > > On Mon, 2008-03-24 at 19:36 +0200, B. Bonev wrote: >> I want advice for old DOS app on Windows PC, that I need to make on 2 >> PC-s >> fault tolerant. Any advice for working solution on FreeBSD? > > Yep...rewrite the database in SQL with a PHP front end. Import the data > from the old system. Use a Radware/F5 Load Balancer for the web and > Slony-I for the database replication. > > Welcome to 2008. It is a accounting program, and will be too much efford for nothing. And I'm not a programmer. I 'm thinking for something like heartbeat, or realtime replication server - 2 identical machines, and when one of them break, staff to continue their work, without too much trouble...