Chris, Is the fileserver is actually going to change? It sounds like you might really want to do two seperate things: * hot standby * replication
You really want to start off with the linux-ha project. Look at heartbeat "clustering" and drbd. Dave On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 10:16:45PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Subject: How do failover in linux? (implement a backup file server....) Message ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I got an extra RAID file server at work. > Instead of turning the 2nd one into a paperweight, > is it possible to > make this 2nd file server kick in automagically > when 1st one goes down or something fancy & cool like that? > > Got names of any software or buzz words I can > google for on this subject? > > Rock on, > > Chris > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
