I read somewhere about the AMANDA project. Is that any good for a situation like this?
> On Friday 26 December 2003 12:30 pm, samy lancher wrote: >> Hello all, >> I have a 4.5 FreeBSD server. It is our Email, web and database >> server. I would like to setup a backup server so that when the main >> server goes down the backup server takes over its job. Could some one >> please tell me the best way to setup a backup server and also suggest >> some good documentation. > > In order to keep the data synchronized, you could possibly used some > sort of shared scsi or fibre channel drive/array. You'd have to write a > script that would run on the backup and tell it to mount the drive and > startup the databases when the server was down. > Shared scsi might be the easiest, but you'll have to buy some > Y-terminated scsi cables so that the main machine won't reset the scsi > bus on the backup machine when it (the main machine) goes down. > > Nicholas > >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Naveen. >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Do you Yahoo!? >> Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard >> _______________________________________________ >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
