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<BR><BR>> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:02:34 +0200<BR>> From: henrik@hswn.dk<BR>> To: hobbit@hswn.dk<BR>> Subject: Re: [hobbit] Fail over?<BR>> <BR>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 02:18:16PM -0400, Stewart L wrote:<BR>> > So, how are others doing this? I have a server set up here in my<BR>> > primary data center. We're monitoring a few thousand hosts right now<BR>> > with a large number of custom externals.<BR>> > <BR>> > I've been tasked with setting up a fail-over or disaster response<BR>> > server in case our primary data center has issues. All of our clients<BR>> > are currently configured to send their messages to the IP address of<BR>> > our primary server.<BR>> > <BR>> > Now, I could just copy the bb-hosts file to the DR site, but then I<BR>> > would only get the network tests since the clients all report to the<BR>> > primary.<BR>> <BR>> I run two completely separate systems in parallel, and have the clients<BR>> report to both of them. The system at our disaster center has the paging<BR>> module disabled (just disable the [bbpage] section in hobbitlaunch.cfg),<BR>> to avoid double alerts - it is simple to activate it, if necessary.<BR><BR>
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I was thinking of using Sun Cluster(hb on Solaris) or HeartBeat(hb on Linux) but<BR>
then how can I configure the Cluster solution to failover from one site(Florida) to another(NewYork) ? <BR>
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I believe this setup is the most simple failover solution at the only expense of extra<BR>
network bandwidth usgage to the secondary hb server.<BR>
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tj<BR>
<BR>> Config files are rsync'ed from the primary site to the disaster site<BR>> regularly.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Regards,<BR>> Henrik<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to<BR>> hobbit-unsubscribe@hswn.dk<BR>> <BR>> <BR><BR><br /><hr />Boo! Scare away worms, viruses and so much more! Try Windows Live OneCare! <a href='http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/purchase/trial.aspx?s_cid=wl_hotmailnews' target='_new'>Try now!</a></body>
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