From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=cantata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 185plP-0004ml-00 for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 10:55:43 -0500 Received: from cantata.rednote.net (cantata.rednote.net [127.0.0.1]) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) with ESMTP id g9RFtf1g001975 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=FAIL) for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 10:55:41 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) id g9RFtfKo001973 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 10:55:41 -0500 Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 10:55:40 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: thoughts on setting up an emergency server Message-ID: <20021027155540.GF25230@rednote.net> References: <20021027032847.GA4914@romuald.net.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021027032847.GA4914@romuald.net.eu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Operating-System: Linux cantata 2.4.16 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: So, you want what the IT industry calls "faul tolerance?" Good for you. Do you have a bootable CD ROM? Why not put the basics on a bootable CDR? Scaling up from there, the next step, imho, would be a second hd mirroring the first. Scaling further, a second controller for the second hd. Beyond that, I'm afraid, it's a second machine. Gregory Nowak writes: > From: Gregory Nowak > > Hi all. > > I've been thinking of the possibility of a dark day when some piece of hardware should fail in my server, leaving it inoperable, and me up a creek without a paddle. > > I usually wouldn't have the time to setup another box to temporarily replace the failed one. Instead, I'd like to have things already set, so that I can make some minor tweaks if need be, and let a replacement run. > > I do have one more box with gnu/linux that I can configure as a server just in case. > However, doing so would mean that I would need to keep in mind that it should be a backup server any minute, and that I can't mess around with it like I could otherwise. > > What came into my head is to put zipslack/speak on a 250 meg zip disk. Then, should something go wrong with the main box, I can hook up my parallel zip drive into another box, and let it run until I was able to get the main box back online without being under pressure. > > I would strip zipslack to the minimum needed to run web, dns, and mail. > > The advantage would of course be that it would all be ready to go. > The disadvantage would be the 250 meg limit. > > I was wondering if those of you who run your own domains have prepared for the dark day I described. > > If so, I would appreciate it if you could please share your plan b for my brain to chew on and/or resynthesize to meet my needs. > > Some people may just ask why don't I take a couple of hours, install slackware on some other partition some where, and I'd be ready to go. > > It wouldn't be that simple, since I'd need to build software such as qmail from sources, and I have also pretty heavily modified my current slackware server's startup scripts to meet my specific needs. > > Thanks in advance for any thoughts. > Greg > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175