Re: DNS / IIS Failover
- From: "Wayne Jolley" <wayne.jolley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:40:45 +0100
Thanks Steve.
W.
"Steve Duff [MVP]" <ergodic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OO3Lt6whFHA.1460@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> It is possible to arrange something in DNS to do this, though it isn't
> really designed for the job. If you set the TTL very low you can achieve a
> failover within a minute or two - shorter than this really calls for some
> type of hardware solution.
>
> There is a third-party product www.simplefailover.com which uses DNS to
> effect failover, and is probably a better choice than writing your own
> scripts, though that is certainly possible.
>
> Steve Duff, MCSE, MVP
> Ergodic Systems, Inc.
>
> "Wayne Jolley" <wayne.jolley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:Og6YJyshFHA.1416@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I have two IIS 6.0 servers which operate a Web Interface for a Citrix
>>farm. One is based at the main production site and one is based at the DR
>>site. The DR server needs to be able to act as a failover for the first -
>>but I cannot use clustering or load balancing.
>>
>> The failover to the redundant DR system needs to be as seamless as
>> possible.
>>
>> Am I right in thinking this cannot be done purely in DNS??
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>
>
.
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