DNS Auto Failover (was: CFMX and ClusterCATS?)

2003-10-24 Thread cf-talk
Joshua, The client currently uses a company called TZO (http://www.tzo.com) In reality though if you have control over your own DNS you can do this pretty easily... all it really is is a fast refreshing DNS zone.  For example, if you set your zone records to expire every 20 min... you could e

Re: DNS Auto Failover (was: CFMX and ClusterCATS?)

2003-10-24 Thread Joshua Miller
A, I see, ok that's a pretty good idea actually. Other than being slightly slower than load balancing it's not a bad idea. I can't imagine a server being down for 20 minutes though, my boss would have shot me long before the DNS picked up for the other box. On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 13:56, cf-tal

RE: DNS Auto Failover (was: CFMX and ClusterCATS?)

2003-10-24 Thread cf-talk
October 24, 2003 11:13 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: DNS Auto Failover (was: CFMX and ClusterCATS?) A, I see, ok that's a pretty good idea actually. Other than being slightly slower than load balancing it's not a bad idea. I can't imagine a server being down for 20 minutes though