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Hi Brandon
I am looking into the same thing....
You might want to check out
http://freshmeat.net/projects/piranha/
Or do a Google search for LVS
Good Luck
Dean
On 16 Sep 2001 at 17:51, Brandon Friedman wrote:
Date sent: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 17:51:24 -0000
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Subject: [e-smith-devinfo] High Availability File server[was
[e-smith-devinfo] Failover for Mission Critical Enviroment]
>
> Sorry folks,
>
> I think my wording hasn't been great. When I said mission critical failover, I am
>referring to High Availability File server. I read an article in a linux magazine,
>defining a HA system vs HPC (High performance comptuing) vs fault tolerant.
>
> I would like to be able to setup 2 identical SME servers, with a heartbeat runing
>between them. I would also like to implement a system data synchronisation. Would I
>use rsync?? I would also like to include load balancing options? What I am refering
>to is extended mirror failover.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Brandon Friedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> >
> > I am looking to have 2 identical servers, runing insync - if one fails the
> > other will take over until the second server is restored!
> >
> >
> > jose velez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> >
> > > I was looking for a cluster solution to e-smith. There is an article in
> > Sys Admin Sept 2001 issue about a High Availability File server using a
> > software to check the heartbeat. They use 2 servers each with a hard drive to
> > > boot the OS and they share an external SCSI array. The heartbeat software
> > can be download from www.linux-ha.org. The other problem would be to add a
> > second volume or drive to e-smith
> > >
> > > I have used in the past an external array called ARENA which has a 486CPU
> > for the array. All the drives are ide and has external scsi port. The raid
> > can be raid 0, 1 or 5 and has redundant P.S. You could connect this
> > > box to any cpu and have a spare cpu box and manually change the scsi cable
> > in case of failure.
> > >
> > > TZO.com also has a service that in case your server is down they save your
> > emails until the server comes back online. I talk to them to increase the
> > storage capacity over the 10MB
> > >
> > >
> > > Brandon Friedman wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have a client looking to setup a mission critical email server (SME
> > server of course!) with failover support (extended mirroring). Has anybody
> > setup a SME server like this? Using what software (Veritas, Legato etc???)
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Regards
> > > > Brandon Friedman
> > > > Product Manager
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> > Brandon Friedman
> > Product Manager
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> Regards
> Brandon Friedman
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