From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 22 19:40:26 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09D53106566B for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:40:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 240olofsson@telia.com) Received: from av10-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (av10-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net [81.228.8.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC3CA8FC1F for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:40:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 240olofsson@telia.com) Received: by av10-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 4FEDF3801D; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:40:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp4-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net (smtp4-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net [81.228.8.92]) by av10-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E2F837EB7; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:40:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.1.31] (90-227-65-237-no41.tbcn.telia.com [90.227.65.237]) by smtp4-1-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D859237E49; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:40:23 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4978CBAB.3030806@telia.com> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:40:27 +0100 From: Roger Olofsson <240olofsson@telia.com> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Buck Jones References: <49778FCC.8010506@bvminc.com> In-Reply-To: <49778FCC.8010506@bvminc.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: looking for a fail over system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: raggen@raggens.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:40:26 -0000 Buck Jones skrev: > MY web server just died and It's taking some time to get back up . I > want to find a fail over device so when one computer dies another > automatically takes over. of course letting me know this happened would > be a good thing too. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.10/1906 - Release Date: 2009-01-21 07:07 > Hello Buck, I have been using some approaches over the years. One is a hot/cold failover like carp only I used freevrrpd (/usr/ports/net/freevrrpd). The second one is a simple loadbalancer called pen (/usr/ports/net/pen (http://siag.nu hit the 'More stuff' link). The third approach would be using dns - providing you run your own dns, you could do simple round-robin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_robin_DNS). The easiest one, providing you have a mirror of your web server would probably be pen. /R