Re: Reality check

2008-09-10 Thread Michiel van Baak
On 17:37, Wed 10 Sep 08, Rod Whitworth wrote: I'm suffering from sleep deprivation today so benzedrine.cx sounds inviting ;-) Anyway a friend has a problem and I'd like a check on the sanity of my hazy proposed solution. All addresses are fictitious. X has a webserver which has address

Re: Reality check

2008-09-10 Thread Jason Dixon
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 05:37:24PM +1000, Rod Whitworth wrote: I'm suffering from sleep deprivation today so benzedrine.cx sounds inviting ;-) Anyway a friend has a problem and I'd like a check on the sanity of my hazy proposed solution. All addresses are fictitious. X has a webserver

Re: Reality check

2008-09-10 Thread Jason Dixon
To: Fubar Cc: PF List Subject: Re: Reality check On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 05:37:24PM +1000, Rod Whitworth wrote: I'm suffering from sleep deprivation today so benzedrine.cx sounds inviting ;-) Anyway a friend has a problem and I'd like a check on the sanity of my hazy proposed solution. All addresses

RE: Reality check

2008-09-10 Thread Fredrik Widlund
in the redirection of DNS, and it is possible. Kind regards, Fredrik Widlund -Original Message- From: Jason Dixon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: den 10 september 2008 14:19 To: Fredrik Widlund Cc: Fubar; PF List Subject: Re: Reality check On Sep 10, 2008, at 7:51 AM, Fredrik Widlund [EMAIL

Re: Reality check

2008-09-10 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2008/09/10 14:26, Fredrik Widlund wrote: No, of course, if both servers are alive and online at the same time, you might as well not redirect the stream. However if you need to take the older system offline, or if you need to only have one system online at one given time, then redirecting

Re: Reality check

2008-09-10 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 09/10/2008 08:54:21 AM, Stuart Henderson wrote: HTTP redirects might be the least-overhead method and are usually pretty simple to setup... add a record www2 A 5.6.7.8, and have the old server just redirect to www2 after the switch-over date to catch any late queries that arrive due to

Re: Reality check

2008-09-10 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2008/09/10 12:05, Karl O. Pinc wrote: On 09/10/2008 08:54:21 AM, Stuart Henderson wrote: HTTP redirects might be the least-overhead method and are usually pretty simple to setup... add a record www2 A 5.6.7.8, and have the old server just redirect to www2 after the switch-over date to