Re: [users@httpd] How to run a backup server?

2011-06-14 Thread Igor Galić
- Original Message - Hmmm well in *that* case, seems like your choices are: 1. pay for VPS 2. relax your constraint about 5 TB of data 3. build a server center from the ground up with reliable power (among other things). Pays yer money, takes yer choice. You may *like* to use a

Re: [users@httpd] How to run a backup server?

2011-06-14 Thread Lester Caine
John Hudak wrote: Hmmm well in *that* case, seems like your choices are: 1. pay for VPS 2. relax your constraint about 5 TB of data 3. build a server center from the ground up with reliable power (among other things). Pays yer money, takes yer choice. You may *like* to use a real DB, but are

Re: [users@httpd] How to run a backup server?

2011-06-14 Thread Jeroen Geilman
On 06/14/2011 03:53 PM, Igor Galić wrote: - Original Message - Hmmm well in *that* case, seems like your choices are: 1. pay for VPS 2. relax your constraint about 5 TB of data 3. build a server center from the ground up with reliable power (among other things). Pays yer money, takes

Re: [users@httpd] How to run a backup server?

2011-06-14 Thread John Hudak
I don't know the details of what you are attempting, however, from my reading of the issue, you want a reliable backup of your server configuration. Someone suggested a VPS which, in my mind is a reasonable solution. I interpreted your reaction to this possibility as way too expensive because of

Re: [users@httpd] How to run a backup server?

2011-06-13 Thread Patrick Proniewski
Hello, On 10 juin 2011, at 21:05, Wilson Hernandez wrote: I actually would like to have the main server locally and the backup server hosted somewhere else with: Amazon, Godaddy, etc... Having the main server running at the less reliable location is not what I would do, but I can

Re: [users@httpd] How to run a backup server?

2011-06-13 Thread Lester Caine
Igor Galić wrote: Then I have the machines set up to rsync regularly and also rsync to another machine at my ISP. I don't use MySQL myself, Firebird handles replication between machines, and incremental backups for me. I'm wondering if it isn't really cheaper (and saner, and healthier) to

Re: [users@httpd] How to run a backup server?

2011-06-13 Thread John Hudak
Hmmm well in *that* case, seems like your choices are: 1. pay for VPS 2. relax your constraint about 5 TB of data 3. build a server center from the ground up with reliable power (among other things). Pays yer money, takes yer choice. You may *like* to use a real DB, but are you willing to pay for

Re: [users@httpd] How to run a backup server?

2011-06-10 Thread Patrick Proniewski
Hello, On 10 juin 2011, at 06:43, Wilson Hernandez wrote: I would like to know if there is a way to have another server somewhere else with the same dynamic content as a backup in case the main server is not available then the backup server would serve the pages. Whatever solution you

Re: [users@httpd] How to run a backup server?

2011-06-10 Thread Lester Caine
Patrick Proniewski wrote: I would like to know if there is a way to have another server somewhere else with the same dynamic content as a backup in case the main server is not available then the backup server would serve the pages. Whatever solution you choose, it's not Apache related. It's

Re: [users@httpd] How to run a backup server?

2011-06-10 Thread Igor Galić
- Original Message - Patrick Proniewski wrote: I would like to know if there is a way to have another server somewhere else with the same dynamic content as a backup in case the main server is not available then the backup server would serve the pages. Whatever

Re: [users@httpd] How to run a backup server?

2011-06-10 Thread Patrick Proniewski
On 10 juin 2011, at 11:21, Igor Galić wrote: I'm wondering if it isn't really cheaper (and saner, and healthier) to just get a VPS somewhere... Being somewhere (including the could) still leaves you with a probability of an outage. The VPS can crash, can be DDoSed, can be hacked... The

Re: [users@httpd] How to run a backup server?

2011-06-10 Thread Wilson Hernandez
Thanks for replying. I actually would like to have the main server locally and the backup server hosted somewhere else with: Amazon, Godaddy, etc... On 6/10/2011 8:22 AM, Patrick Proniewski wrote: On 10 juin 2011, at 11:21, Igor Galić wrote: I'm wondering if it isn't really cheaper (and

Re: [users@httpd] How to run a backup server?

2011-06-10 Thread Jeroen Geilman
On 06/10/2011 09:05 PM, Wilson Hernandez wrote: Thanks for replying. I actually would like to have the main server locally and the backup server hosted somewhere else with: Amazon, Godaddy, etc... The cheapest way is to point the hostname to your home IP, and set a very short TTL, say 5

Re: [users@httpd] How to run a backup server?

2011-06-10 Thread Wilson Hernandez
Thanks. This option sounds a lot simpler than first thought. I will keep this in mind. Also, I'm also running a DNS server in house as well, but, if no power at home then there will be no DNS will be resolved. On 6/10/2011 3:55 PM, Jeroen Geilman wrote: On 06/10/2011 09:05 PM, Wilson

[users@httpd] How to run a backup server?

2011-06-09 Thread Wilson Hernandez
Hello. I currently have a server at home with public IP hosting 4 websites (virtual hosting). Yesterday I had a power outage for most of the day. As a result, no web presence. I would like to know if there is a way to have another server somewhere else with the same dynamic content as a backup