Re: Failover route for DNS/Websites
- From: Andrew Hodgson <me3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 23:32:47 +0100
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:25:05 -0800, "Scott"
<Scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hi all,
> I have 2 T1's on my network from different providers. In the event one link
>goes down, I would like our external DNS (hosted with ISP) to resolve and
>display the site using the link thats available automatically. What would be
>the best way to configure this failover situation? I know I need A records
>for the second connection, but will it try the second if the first doesnt
>respond?
You need a DNS failover service whereby a server at a provider can
monitor the webservers, and if the primary webserver fails, they will
update the records for you. This is not cheap, but I have seen it
working very well.
For a self-hosted solution where you own the DNS servers, see
http://www.simplefailover.com/
Thanks.
Andrew.
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Andrew Hodgson in Bromyard, Herefordshire, UK.
My Email: use <andrew at hodgsonfamily dot org>.
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