Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 12:06:01 +0100 From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@401.cx> To: Jonas Fornander <jonas@netwood.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mirroring/load-balance two servers Message-ID: <3E687D19.1050908@401.cx> References: <029001c2e3ac$6133f3f0$0800a8c0@master>
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Jonas Fornander wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a "simple" way to mirror two servers > without spending $$$$$ on hardware? I'm NOT talking about mirroring the > OS and the files, I'm talking about sending http requests to a second > server if the first server is down/un-reachable. This is sometimes > referred to as load-balancing. > > The second server doesn't have to be updated in realtime, it just needs > to have a fairly current version of the data files of the main server. > So, for example if the main server goes off line for any reason, then > web pages would be served up from the second server instead. > > Can this be accomplished with DNS? > > Jonas Fornander - System Administrator > Netwood Communications, LLC - www.netwood.net > Find out why we're better - 310-442-1530 Google for "round-robin DNS", that should get you started. -- R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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