Re: Backing up a dual opteron server with an Pentium 4 server

2005-09-22 Thread Dean Hamstead
i havent got an amd64 server however ive done this sort of thing in more stupid combinations like cross distribution (turbo linux, slackware and redhat), cross os (freebsd vs linux vs openbsd) and cross arch (powerpc vs sparc vs intel). not because of design simply because the servers where in pla

Re: Backing up a dual opteron server with an Pentium 4 server

2005-09-22 Thread Dean Hamstead
depends on 'what' the p4 is taking over. if its just webserving or something, but application servers are more complicated for web services etc that just have config files it shouldnt be a problem Dean Steve Dondley wrote: I've got a Pentium 4 web server that I'm going to replace with a Dual O

Backing up a dual opteron server with an Pentium 4 server

2005-09-22 Thread Steve Dondley
I've got a Pentium 4 web server that I'm going to replace with a Dual Opteron server. I'd like the Pentium 4 server to be able to take over for the Dual Opteron temporarily in case it fails. Besides the obvious decline in performance, might there be any unforeseen complications stemming from the