[cobalt-users] Making 2nd RAQ2 standby-backup ready

[Brian Kane <briankane@xxxxxx>]

I have (2) RAQ2's. 2nd unit is not used and I have tried to set it up as a 
backup machine in case 1st machine dies.

I have created sites on machine 2 EXACTLY as on machine 1. (site 1 on 
machine 1 is same as site 1 on machine 2, etc).
I have used RSYNC to put "/sites" files into backup machine.

Right now I have all the sites setup on backup machine with exact same IP 
#'s. Machines are in same Colo center next to each other.

I did that temporarily as a test and thought it would initially cause 
problems. But machine 1 is fine and is getting ALL the hits. Why?

Question 1: Why aren't both servers conflicting/fighting to serve the 
request? (since my test machine 2 is currently setup with same IP's and 
turned on... I don't get it).

Question 2: What's a good plan to "turn on" machine 2 if machine 1 ever 
dies? Should I use alternate IP's in setup and then change each IP back to 
the REAL ones when I need to activate the backup machine? Is it that simple?

Thanks for any tips. I can regularly RSYNC files in any directories I need to.


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