From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Jan 30 9:42:31 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from deathstar.2ghz.net (deathstar.2ghz.net [216.129.141.116]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 684F437B447 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 09:42:00 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by deathstar.2ghz.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA01380; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 13:59:37 -0500 From: Viper X-Authentication-Warning: deathstar.2ghz.net: nobody set sender to viper@2ghz.net using -f Received: from 146.189.245.121 ( [146.189.245.121]) as user viper@127.0.0.1 by webmail.2ghz.net with HTTP; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 13:59:37 -0500 Message-ID: <1012330777.3c56f1196c974@webmail.2ghz.net> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 13:59:37 -0500 To: Mikel King Cc: admin@freedomhosting.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re-location with no downtime. References: <1012232035.3c556f6395b00@webmail.freedomhosting.com> <3C5572F9.2040101@ocsinternet.com> In-Reply-To: <3C5572F9.2040101@ocsinternet.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.0 X-Originating-IP: 146.189.245.121 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The problem with this is that there could be transactions to the old server in MySQL. It would require a little while to re-sync the databases if you are using transactions if not you will have to write a SQL script to compare the to and update them. But it is do-able. -=>Adam<=- Quoting Mikel King : > 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 > ----------------------------------------- http://www.2ghz.net/ Welcome To the Future To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message