Re: [cobalt-users] Raq3 Uses

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ISEE Multimedia wrote:

> I was thinking of using it for one of the following, however I would like
> your views on this and maybe some other suggestions.
> 
> 1. Mail Server - For all my accounts on the 2 RAQ4's i have.

While you could do this, it wouldn't be the best use unless the two
RaQ4s get a lot of mail and/or a lot of web-traffic and are running slow
because of the load.  To do it you'd have to build each domain on two
RaQs, a RaQ4 for hosting and the RaQ3 for email.

> 2. DNS Server - For all the domains on my other servers.

DNS is an extremely low impact service.  Best that you have at least two
DNS servers on different networks.  Unless you put the RaQ3 on a
geographically dispersed separate network, there's not much redundancy
to be gained.

> 3. Small Accounts Only - I have 3 levels of accounts, the smallest being
> 25MB space, cgi and 5 users. I was thinking of transfering these accounts to
> the RAQ3 from the RAQ4 to free up resources for the bigger accounts.

Again, if your RaQs are busy.  However, small accounts don't take up
much in the way of resources no matter which box they're hosted on.

So what WOULD I use it for?

I'd build it as a RaQ4, ready to go, and have it handy. Then I'd create
a cmuExport of each RaQ4 regularly, and copy it off the the RaQ3/4 (the
3 with 4 software).  If/when one of your RaQ goes down, simply restore
the cmu of the downed Raq, and be up and running quickly.

In fact we do this for some of our clients now with multiple RaQ4s.

Jeff
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