Mirroring a server

[Dre G.]

On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 11:44, Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
> Jason Crowe wrote:
> > How can I keep the two servers mirrored after they are put into use? I 
> > had planned on using dd after the install. is using cat a better way?
> 
> It sounds like you want a high availability system.  This can get *REAL* 
> complicated, depending on exactly how you define "high availability".
> 
> I suggest you start at the linux-HA site:
> http://www.linux-ha.org/
> 
> ...read the linux-HA HOWTO:
> http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/ALPHA/linux-ha/High-Availability-HOWTO.html
> 
> ...and put some serious thought into exactly *HOW* available you really 
> your system to be.  Is a nightly rsync good enough?  Do you really need 
> fully transparent failover, and if so, do you have the budget (not only 
> in $ but in install/configuration/maintainence man-hours & knowledge) to 
> implement it?

HA means 5 9s baby
99.999 :P
-- 
Dre G. <enabled at linuxjunkies.com>