Re: [cobalt-users] [RAQ] Redundant Servers

[Eurowolf@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 3/28/00 7:35:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
dkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

<< What if I did this. Instead of adding a secondary nameservice record in
 RaQb I created a site identical to the one on RaQa. Named it the same
 and put it on an IP resolving to RaQb. Then created A records for
 testing.com to point to that IP address.
 
 Heres the Question:
 Now if RaQa goes down since the secondary nameserver routes the site to
 a different IP will the site come up on RaQb?
 
     Thank you,
         Dennis >>

yes...you can test  it real easy by turning your primary dns of...

we do so with the more critical websites.  oifcourse you need to duplicate 
everything....even though officially b is the 2ndary you let it work as 
primary....

this is also a method of moving a machine from network to network w/o user 
knowing it or any downtime