I wish I could afford CF enterprise or even a network storage device for
that matter. Unfortunately, I don't think I will be able to launch this
product with those resources. We hope to raise some money once proving our
model. I realize it is a risky proposition. I am not overly happy about
having to do it in this fashion, but I do not have any choice.
The app files to do not change frequently, but the users to the site
generate additional data files which are what need to be shared between
servers. Ideally I would have a dedicated RAID soley for server and
protecting this additional data. But that's just not going to happen.
Would I be better off just using one server (I do have SQL7.0 on a
dedicated box) and forgetting about trying to connect to the other server
with a network drive connection (is this even viable??) . Or Is this a
intern solution to a network storage device.
At 01:18 PM 24/04/01 -0500, Shan wrote:
>You should have CFent, not CFpro. Yes, I know you're worried about cost, but
>it is the most cost effective way to cluster.
>
>RRDNS by itself provides fake load balancing, but it isn't a good solution.
>ClusterCats (which is part of CFent), does true load balancing, along with
>fail over protection. It works very well for as cheap as it is.
>
>You shouldn't have the data only on one of the servers, because of fail over
>protection. Either keep all your templates on a network storage device, or
>manually or automatically mirror the directories.
>
>Also, be sure your database server is on it's own separate machine.
>
>Shannon
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brook Davies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 11:59 AM
>To: Fusebox
>Subject: OT: clustering / shared network drive
>
>
>Hi,
>
>I am considering clustering a couple of our servers. I am running CFpro
>4.5.1
>
>My question is two fold. First, without expensive hardware (or expensive
>software for that matter) what is the most effective way to cluster/load
>balance two servers. Round Robin DNS?
>
>What about data replication. One of the machines in the cluster have a RAID
>setup, and I am wondering if it is possible to map a shared network drive?
>Alternatively, what is an inexpensive data replication option?
>
>I appreciate the advice. :)
>
>Brook Davies
>
>
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