Re: Synchronize two servers (warm backup)

2004-12-24 Thread Alvin Oga
hiya On Thu, 23 Dec 2004, Carl Fink wrote: > > What I'm looking to do, in more detail, is keep two Woody-based servers > functionally identical by having the backup server periodically grab web, > mailing list, and mail files from the primary server. I want the backup > system to be in full rea

Re: Synchronize two servers (warm backup)

2004-12-24 Thread Christian
Am Freitag, 24. Dezember 2004 15:32 schrieb Jean-Michel Hiver: > Carl Fink wrote: > >Hi. > > > >I'm in the process of setting up a warm backup for a server I run. I was > > in the middle of hacking together scripts to keep them in sync, but then > > it came to me: what if Debian has a package tha

Re: Synchronize two servers (warm backup)

2004-12-24 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 05:54:49AM -0500, Darryl Clarke wrote: > As for a 'switch' I would do this: > (assuming your servers aren't configured via dhcp and you have control > over the IPs) > On the secondary box have a cron that 'pings' the to see if its alive. > This process should take into con

Re: Synchronize two servers (warm backup)

2004-12-24 Thread jeff elkins
On Thursday 23 December 2004 10:21 pm, Carl Fink wrote: > On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 02:25:42AM +, Stephen Patterson wrote: > > On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 02:50:08 +0100 > > > > Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What I'm looking to do, in more detail, is keep two Woody-based servers > > > functi

Re: Synchronize two servers (warm backup)

2004-12-24 Thread Darryl Clarke
On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 20:46:26 -0500, Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. > > I'm in the process of setting up a warm backup for a server I run. I was in > the middle of hacking together scripts to keep them in sync, but then it > came to me: what if Debian has a package that does that *for

Re: Synchronize two servers (warm backup)

2004-12-24 Thread Jean-Michel Hiver
Carl Fink wrote: Hi. I'm in the process of setting up a warm backup for a server I run. I was in the middle of hacking together scripts to keep them in sync, but then it came to me: what if Debian has a package that does that *for* me? I'm interested in this too. Ideally I'd like to have a too

Re: Synchronize two servers (warm backup)

2004-12-23 Thread Sam Watkins
On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 08:46:26PM -0500, Carl Fink wrote: > Hi. > > I'm in the process of setting up a warm backup for a server I run. I was in > the middle of hacking together scripts to keep them in sync, but then it > came to me: what if Debian has a package that does that *for* me? > > So

Re: Synchronize two servers (warm backup)

2004-12-23 Thread Adam Aube
Carl Fink wrote: > On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 02:25:42AM +, Stephen Patterson wrote: >> On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 02:50:08 +0100 >> Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > What I'm looking to do, in more detail, is keep two Woody-based servers >> > functionally identical by having the backup serv

Re: Synchronize two servers (warm backup)

2004-12-23 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 02:25:42AM +, Stephen Patterson wrote: > On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 02:50:08 +0100 > Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What I'm looking to do, in more detail, is keep two Woody-based servers > > functionally identical by having the backup server periodically grab web,

Re: Synchronize two servers (warm backup)

2004-12-23 Thread Stephen Patterson
On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 02:50:08 +0100 Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I'm looking to do, in more detail, is keep two Woody-based servers > functionally identical by having the backup server periodically grab web, > mailing list, and mail files from the primary server. I want the backup >

Synchronize two servers (warm backup)

2004-12-23 Thread Carl Fink
Hi. I'm in the process of setting up a warm backup for a server I run. I was in the middle of hacking together scripts to keep them in sync, but then it came to me: what if Debian has a package that does that *for* me? So does it? What I'm looking to do, in more detail, is keep two Woody-base