In the short term, I'd just make a backup of everything and FTP it somewhere safe, or back it up to Carbonite, or something. Even if it takes you a couple of days to restore it after a catastrophe, it's better than losing everything permanently.
In the longer term, I second Billy's suggestion to look into Amazon's EC2 and other AWS services. Moving to AWS is not like flipping on a light switch though, so I'd do some research and play with it a bit before you do anything longer term. There is a learning curve, but there is also a lot of information out there about it. -Cameron On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 10:57 PM, Al Musella, DPM <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi > I am getting a little worried about this hurricane.. we were just > told to evacuate on Saturday.. > I have my server in my office. The website runs a brain cancer > registry with pretty important database stuff. More valuable than money:) > > How would you approach setting up a redundant server across the > country so if my town gets wiped out, we still have access to the website? > The problem would be: > keeping the databases synched > DNS stuff: how to set up DNS so that if my main server goes down, > people are directed to the backup website and when the server is back > up, the dns reverts back to the main site? > > I use MS SQL server for the database. It is not a high volume of > transactions per day - but they are kind of important. > > thanks > Al > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:347036 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
