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Re: [hobbit] Fail over?
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- Subject: Re: [hobbit] Fail over?
 
- From: "Josh Luthman" <josh (at) imaginenetworksllc.com>
 
- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:09:11 -0400
 
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I think the popular method of doing this around here is to use a USB thumb
drive and a VM.  I'd suggest making a duplicate of this.  I'm sure you'll
have a spare PC to plug it into already, but I wanted to point it out.
Having two of everything on cold swap will definitely help you keep things
running.
Josh
On 10/24/07, Ralph Mitchell <ralphmitchell (at) gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/24/07, T.J. Yang <tj_yang (at) hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Isn't a proxy is another SPF (Single point of failure) ?
> >
>
> Yes, but a proxy doesn't have to be as complicated as a whole Hobbit
> server.  It wouldn't even necessarily have to have disks drives - in a
> crunch you could probably run a Linux distro off a LiveCD or USB
> stick, with Squid or Tinyproxy builtin.
>
> Ralph Mitchell
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