RE: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-11 Thread Tony Gruen
"Act of God or War" clause. Tony Gruen -Original Message- From: Al Musella, DPM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 11:05 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Geographical redundancy? I have to put together a proposal for a medical office management application which will be

RE: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-11 Thread Matt Liotta
This is a well understood problem for many of the major web sites on the net. There are many ways to attack this problem, but you are really better hiring someone with experience than trying to figure it out on your own. I can point you to companies that offer products and services to help you do

Re: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-11 Thread Douglas Brown
I would not get into something like that with a client. If you do, you are putting your head on the chopping block due to the fact that not all disasters or outages can be avoided. Like the poster before said, you need something like disaster clause Douglas Brown Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-11 Thread Jeffry Houser
At 02:04 PM 5/11/2002 -0400, you wrote: >I have to put together a proposal for a medical office management >application which will be used in an ASP (application service provider - >not the MS language:) model.. one of the requirements is that the >application has to be hosted in such a way

Re: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-11 Thread Jeffry Houser
And make sure that your liability insurance is in place too. : ha, ha: At 11:37 AM 5/11/2002 -0700, you wrote: >I would not get into something like that with a client. If you do, >you are putting your head on the chopping block due to the fact >that not all disasters or outages can be avoided

RE: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-11 Thread Matt Liotta
Sure they can. It is hard and expensive, but yes, they can. -Matt > -Original Message- > From: Douglas Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 11:38 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Geographical redundancy? > > I would not get into somet

RE: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-11 Thread Matt Liotta
> What are you going to do if that next bomb falls on your server? That > seems like a pretty hefty requirement. You'd have to do consistent > backups > to some remote location on the other side of the world. > You would need to do real time replication or a multi-way commit type setup, so you

Re: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-11 Thread Douglas Brown
. Douglas Brown Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Matt Liotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 11:40 AM Subject: RE: Geographical redundancy? > Sure they can. It is hard and expe

RE: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-11 Thread Matt Liotta
[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 12:03 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Geographical redundancy? > > Well maybe if they have 2 hosts that they can use, and have only > one be live and the other just be sitting there getting updates to > transactions that are pr

RE: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-11 Thread Jeffry Houser
At 11:42 AM 5/11/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > What are you going to do if that next bomb falls on your server? >That > > seems like a pretty hefty requirement. You'd have to do consistent > > backups > > to some remote location on the other side of the world. > > >You would need to do real time r

RE: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-11 Thread Matt Liotta
gt; Subject: RE: Geographical redundancy? > > At 11:42 AM 5/11/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > > What are you going to do if that next bomb falls on your server? > >That > > > seems like a pretty hefty requirement. You'd have to do consistent > > > backups &

RE: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-11 Thread Jeffry Houser
tted on all servers. > >-Matt > > > -Original Message- > > From: Jeffry Houser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 12:13 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: Geographical redundancy? > > > > At 11:42 AM 5/11/2002 -0700, y

Re: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-11 Thread Jim McAtee
Liotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 1:19 PM Subject: RE: Geographical redundancy? > That is why some go with a multi-way commit. This ensures that a > transaction can not be completed until it is committed on al

RE: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-11 Thread Matt Liotta
To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Geographical redundancy? > > That sounds very well, but what's the course of action if one or more > servers/networks is offline? It can't scuttle the transaction, can it? > If > so, you end up with a system that is actually N times

Re: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-11 Thread Jon Hall
Let's not forget the best reason for geographic redundancy. You get to take a trip to wherever you want to set up the servers and application, and the client pays for it :) jon __ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. G

RE: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-11 Thread Matt Liotta
I wish! Generally, you setup the servers and then crate them up and ship to the data centers. -Matt > -Original Message- > From: Jon Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 7:20 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Geographical redundancy? > >

Re: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-11 Thread Jon Hall
> > -Matt > > >>-Original Message- >>From: Jon Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 7:20 PM >>To: CF-Talk >>Subject: Re: Geographical redundancy? >> >>Let's not forget the best reason for geographic redundancy. Y

RE: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-12 Thread Al Musella, DPM
This actually looks like a great business opportunity for some of the ISPs on this list to work together on. I got private email from a bunch of people offering to handle the hosting.. but none of their websites actually mention something like geographic redundancy. It could be a new hig

RE: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-12 Thread Matt Liotta
, 2002 9:00 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Geographical redundancy? > > This actually looks like a great business opportunity for some of the > ISPs on this list to work together on. I got private email from a bunch > of > people offering to handle the hosting.. but none of

RE: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-12 Thread Cantrell, Adam
You'll need to rely on one of the larger ISP/hosting providers for this, it won't be cheap. Exodus (are they still around?), is an example of a well known provider that can accommodate you. Their NOC's (network operation center) are notoriously renowned as being the biggest and the baddest (includ

RE: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-12 Thread Matt Liotta
t; -Original Message- > From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 9:59 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Geographical redundancy? > > You'll need to rely on one of the larger ISP/hosting providers for this, > it > won't be che

RE: Geographical redundancy?

2002-05-13 Thread Rick Walters
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 9:59 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Geographical redundancy? > > You'll need to rely on one of the larger ISP/hosting providers for this, > it > won't be cheap. Exodus (are they still around?), is an example of a