Sure they can. It is hard and expensive, but yes, they can. -Matt
> -----Original Message----- > From: Douglas Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 11:38 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Geographical redundancy? > > I would not get into something like that with a client. If you do, > you are putting your head on the chopping block due to the fact > that not all disasters or outages can be avoided. Like the poster > before said, you need something like disaster clause > > > > > > Douglas Brown > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Al Musella, DPM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 11:04 AM > Subject: Geographical redundancy? > > > > I have to put together a proposal for a medical office > management > > application which will be used in an ASP (application service > provider - > > not the MS language:) model.. one of the requirements is that > the > > application has to be hosted in such a way that a major disaster > (natural > > or otherwise) in 1 location can't cause the loss of any data, > and only a > > small (maybe an hour) downtime for the application. > > After the Sept. 11 tragedy, my websites had connectivity > problems on > > and off for a few days. We also had 24 hours of downtime when a > hurricane > > knocked down a bunch of telephone poles near my ISP a few years > ago. > > For this application, that wouldn't have been > acceptable. > > > > I have no idea how to approach it. Any ideas? > > > > > > Al > > a1webs.com > > > > > > > > > > At 06:08 PM 5/10/2002 -0400, Justin Greene wrote: > > >I Have to agree. Hardware based clustering for the front > end... and either > > >SQL Enterprise or Veritas on the backend to handle the database > cluster. > > >Very solid configuration. We have been hardware clustering CF > with Alteons > > >for over 3 years. Just need to keep sessions in the DB and > make sure the > > >web boxes keep the file systems synched. > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
