From owner-freebsd-isp Sun May 16 9:53:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from loviatar.webcom.com (loviatar.webcom.com [209.1.28.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 707EE14CE2 for ; Sun, 16 May 1999 09:53:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from graeme@echidna.com) Received: from kigal.webcom.com (kigal.webcom.com [209.1.28.57]) by loviatar.webcom.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id JAA12388; Sun, 16 May 1999 09:53:15 -0700 Received: from [204.143.69.30] by inanna.webcom.com (WebCom SMTP 1.2.1) with SMTP id 27782045; Sun May 16 09:49 PDT 1999 Message-Id: <373F2214.6CE8@echidna.com> Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 12:52:52 -0700 From: Graeme Tait Organization: Echidna X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Andy Farkas Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, info@boatbooks.com Subject: Re: Redundant servers References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Andy Farkas wrote: > > How about: > > http://www.coyotepoint.com/freequalizer.shtml > > On Sat, 15 May 1999, Graeme Tait wrote: > > > I operate a colocated server (busy WWW, plus primary DNS and a small > > amount of mail) for some clients, and we have been thinking about how to > > assure (almost) uninterrupted service in the event of server failure. The > > problem is that if physical access is required (e.g., because of hardware > > failure), we may at times have difficulty achieving an acceptable repair > > time. There is also the issue of minimizing downtime during major > > upgrades. Since this machine takes online orders, downtime is directly > > translatable into dollars of income lost. Thanks for the heads-up. I will be checking this out. But my problem with such a solution is that it replaces one single-point failure possibility by another (the equalizer box). -- Graeme Tait - Echidna To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message