server replication?

2005-01-14 Thread Gregor Mosheh
After looking into the matter a bit more, my employer has decided that we don't need a true zero-downtime situation, that simply a warm spare server would be sufficient. Does anyone know of any packages, or have any scripts or other references, for doing this sort of thing? I guess the basic

server replication?

2005-01-12 Thread Gregor Mosheh
My employer is looking for solutions to achieve zero-downtime in the event of a hardware failure. I've been doing sysadmin for some time, but this is out of my league, and I wanted to ask the list for any advice, hints, etc. For starters, how does such a solution work conceptually? The

Re: server replication?

2005-01-12 Thread Andreas Davour
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005, Gregor Mosheh wrote: My employer is looking for solutions to achieve zero-downtime in the event of a hardware failure. I've been doing sysadmin for some time, but this is out of my league, and I wanted to ask the list for any advice, hints, etc. What you need then is some kind

Re: server replication?

2005-01-12 Thread Chuck Swiger
Gregor Mosheh wrote: For starters, how does such a solution work conceptually? The possibility of load-balancing appliances has been suggested; how does this work with user databases and uploaded files? Our services are primarily web-based and do involve a significant amount of users uploading