You might also want to check out my writeup on setting up a High Availability Mail Server http://www.linuxgeek.net/documentation/ha_mailserver/ Probably covers a lot of the same material Mark covers in his page.
Mark Schoonover wrote: > My blog <http://marksitblog.blogspot.com> has a how-to on using DRBD and > Heartbeat for MySQL. Same basic instructions can be used for webservers, > ftp, etc. Start with http://linux-ha.org/, and go from there. > > As with any new tech, test, break it, test it, break it some more before > deployment! This is where having VMware server, and multiple virtual > machines to play with, you can create such a testing/development/learning > environment to get comfortable with new technology without going broke in > purchasing hardware. > > HTH > > -- > Mark Schoonover, CMDBA > http://marksitblog.blogspot.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cell: 619-368-0099 > > Give me ambiguity, or give me something else! --kelsey hudson > > On 10/5/07, Néstor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I am getting 2 new Dell systems. These systems will be run our web server >> I need 1 to be online while the other will be a duplicate mirrored system >> and >> ready to go online if/when the primary web server goes bad. >> >> The systems are identical: >> Processor: Quad 3.4GHZ/800MHZ/16MB Cache Dual-Core Intel Xeon 7140M >> Processor >> Memory: 32GB DDR2 400MHZ Raid Enable, Dual Ranked DIMMs, >> Hard Drive: 300GB, Gbps, SAS, 3.5 Inch 15K RPM hard Drive, Hot Plug >> >> I was wondering if I can get ideas or can point me to where I can read >> on how to make sure that the systems are mirrored and are maintained >> in synch and ready for fallback. >> >> Any ideas are welcome. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Nestor :-) >> >> -- >> [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 > -- Neil Schneider pacneil_at_linuxgeek_dot_net http://www.paccomp.com Key fingerprint = 67F0 E493 FCC0 0A8C 769B 8209 32D7 1DB1 8460 C47D When I was a boy I was told that anyone could grow up to be president. Now I'm beginning to believe it. -- Clarence Darrow -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
