----- Original Message ----- > Patrick Proniewski wrote: > >> I would like to know if there is a way to have another server > >> somewhere > >> > else with the same dynamic content as a "backup" in case the > >> > main server > >> > is not available then the backup server would serve the pages. > > Whatever solution you choose, it's not Apache related. > > It's a very complex task, and the solution greatly depends on the > > price you are willing to pay. > > If your problem is power-related, you need a second server far > > enough so that it won't be hit by the same power outage. The > > cheapest way is to allow for some downtime, and manually change > > DNS so that your domain names points toward one server or the > > other. The shorter your DNS TTL is, the shorter your downtime can > > be, but the more requests your DNS will have to handle. As for > > data replication, few shell script should help (mysql dump and > > rsync files every hour for example). > > This is mostly handcrafted solution, but it's the cheapest. > > It's not as bad as that makes it sound ;) > > One my internet connection here I have a stand alone router which > handles the > line and acts as firewall. WHICH machine appears as port 80 on the > internet is > just a matter of switching over an entry in the router. ISP's have a > bigger > version of that handling many machines ... > > Then I have the machines set up to rsync regularly and also rsync to > another > machine at my ISP. I don't use MySQL myself, Firebird handles > replication > between machines, and incremental backups for me.
I'm wondering if it isn't really cheaper (and saner, and healthier) to just get a VPS somewhere... > -- > Lester Caine - G8HFL > ----------------------------- > Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact > L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk > EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ > Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// > Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server > Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > > -- Igor Galić Tel: +43 (0) 664 886 22 883 Mail: i.ga...@brainsware.org URL: http://brainsware.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
