[FX.php List] [OFF] Solution for occasional outage....Redux

[Leo R. Lundgren]

I second this. It's the colo's responsibility to look to that such  
things doesn't happen :) There are probably better hosting places if  
this is the case.

Happy Valentines day! =)

14 feb 2008 kl. 05.14 skrev Bob Patin:

> Jonathan,
>
> Having been in the hosting business for almost 9 years now, it  
> amazes me that any hosting facility would be vulnerable to  
> something like a blown fuse.
>
> If my power should go out here, as it did the other night for  
> almost an hour, my UPS devices kick in; they only last about 16  
> minutes, but within 30 seconds my backup generator kicks on, as it  
> did the other night.
>
> I suppose a UPS device *could* theoretically fail, but I don't  
> think they use fuses, and my circuit breaker panels definitely  
> don't have any fuses. Might be time to shop for a new colo... :)
>
> I've tried to find an easy way to do some sort of load balancing,  
> so that I could set up redundant servers, but haven't found  
> anything that I could install and use without spending more time  
> than I'm willing to devote to it...
>
> Curious to see if anyone has a solution...
>
> Bob Patin
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> On Feb 13, 2008, at 10:00 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> My colocation facility went off line again today for about 20  
>> minutes. Last time, it was in November.  Both times, the cause was  
>> reported as a "blown fuse" on a power distribution strip.
>>
>> When my servers go dark, I lose my whole operation: web, mail and  
>> FileMaker serving .
>>
>> Do others experience outages like this, for this reason or any  
>> other reason?  Does anyone have redundant servers at a different  
>> location? I'm willing to consider this route, but the expense  
>> seems very high for a load balancing type of set up.
>>
>> Alternatively, I could fire up a server here at my office, but  
>> that best case, the data would  be a day old  ...and I would have  
>> to redirect DNS to the new IP for each domain.  It would longer to  
>> do that than it takes the outage to resolve itself.  The, I'd have  
>> to switch it back.
>>
>> I could use some seasoned advise.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Jonathan Schwartz
>> Exit 445 Group
>> jonathan at exit445.com
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