Re: [cobalt-users] failover / staqware

["Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Unfortunately we need data synchronisation features also, so we cannot
> use a simpler solution. You may be as well to do the following:

Do you use rsync for syncronization?
 
> Setup two RAQs with same data, and setup them BOTH with the same primary
> IP addresses, and setup the secondary NICs with different IP addresses
> on your internal network (obviously this doesn't work if you don't have
> your own datacentre with local IP)
> Then login on the local NICs and take down their external interface
> (ifconfig eth0 down)
> Then all you do is write a script that does a ping test on each machine,
> and if a failure happens then bring the interface back up (ifconfig eth0
> up)

Sounds great, I was fooling around trying to get a router to do similar.
Your solution seems much simpler.

> Sorry to be brief! If you want more info, drop me a line!
> 
I would appreciate hearing more.
Thanks
Gerald