[cobalt-users] Re: RaQ Backup

[Jay Tingley <jayt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

[ Jeff Lasman writes... ]

>> 3.  Buy 2 Raq servers, mirror information between them and locate in same NOC
>> 4. Same as above, but locate them in different ISPs with different NOCs.
 
> I'd go with one of the above, depending on how bulletproof your
> colocation provider is.  None of these options are, as Kris points out,
> for true high-availability hosting, Cobalt really doesn't make a
> solution for that.

Or purchase 2 Cobalt RaQ3i's (same configuration), and get Cobalt's
StaQware ($499 until the end of June), and run them in tandem.

Everything is mirrored in realtime, with a 1-10 minute failover
response should anything happen to the primary server, including
FTP, email, web and DNS. You can also probably load the RaQ3 up with
a lot more than the 250 sites to compensate, since you now have a
full backup solution as well.
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FYI, Arkeia doesn't offer a server for the RaQ2 or RaQ3, so unless
you're willing to buy a separate Linux box and configure it (which
tends to defeat the purpose of going with RaQs in the first place)
there's really not a lot of RaQ-specific backup solutions.
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