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From: Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org>
To: Ingeborg Hellemo <Ingeborg.Hellemo@cc.uit.no>
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Subject: Re: HA/Failover solutions for FreeBSD
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> I am looking for a failover solution for FreeBSD that handles service fai=
lover=20
> if the host or the service dies, and does not need a shared disk.
>=20
> Polyserve (<URL://www.polyserve.com/> did have an interesting solution in=
=20
> Understudy(tm), but they have now moved on to LocalCluster Enterprise(tm)=
 (and=20
> the Enter_price_ has moved beyond my budget limits...)
>=20
> Linux-HA's (<http://www.linux-ha.org/>) "heartbeat" only supports failove=
r if=20
> the entire host goes down.
>=20
> RSF-1 (<URL:http://www.high-availability.co.uk/>) needs a shared disk.
>=20
> I am now looking at Failover (<URL:http://failover.othello.ch/>).
>=20
>=20
> Have I overlooked something? What solutions are other people using?=20

	What kind of application are you trying to provide HA/LB=20
services for?  -sc

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Sean Chittenden

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