From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Nov 12 18:04:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA02459 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 18:04:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail1.netsol.net (mail.netsol.net [38.216.109.105]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA02445; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 18:04:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tech@scsr.com) Received: from ff.scsr.com ([38.185.32.41]) by mail1.netsol.net (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO205-101c) ID# 0-42781U2500L250S0) with ESMTP id AAA45; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 18:11:42 -0800 From: "Tech1" To: , Cc: , Subject: Detailed info on Fail-safe cluster for Freebsd/unixes Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 06:11:13 -0800 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <19981113021140028.AAA45@ff.scsr.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Fial-Safe Cluster: 1) It's a pair of daemon, one run on mission critical primary server, the other on auxiliary server 2) If the primary server is detected down, the auxiliary will take over all off TCP/IP communications/services for the primary while doing its own regular activity assigned. Example:When prime server down, when ftp to the downed server will end you up in the aux server. 3) The program run on freebsd 2x or 3x. 4) Highly portable to all other mordern unixes like sun,hp,dec,ibm, unixware, sco etc. 5) the down time is reduced virtually to 0, instead of hours/days. 6) Once server down is detected, a log alert message is loged and a mail sent to admin 7) a historical count of the number of down or backing up is maintained in the program and expressed in the mail message. 8) Virtual load-balancing in the crititical system event. 9) Optional Beeper notification/fax notification 10) You may setup the primary server in LA, aux server in NewYork. but i didn't test this yet. The cost of this software is $350 but open for bargin. For more than 10M $ company it's another price. If anyone working as consultant for companies. You may resell this software to them. i may stick fax code in for fax notification & beeper code optionally. If you wish to get more information or place an order, please contact tech@scsr.com Matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message