[NTLUG:Discuss] Backup ntlug.org server

[Chris Cox]

Jack Snodgrass wrote:
>    I've got a 2U case, power supply ( kind of fits the case ) 
> raid card, 4 18gig SCSI drives ( room for 2 more in the hot-swap 
> part of the case ) that I'll donate for a backup ntlug.org server. 
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>    I'm sure that there are enough geeks out on the list that 
> someone will have a decent motherboard/cpu that we can put in 
> the case. 
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>    We can set up some sort of mirroring and IP Address fail over
> in case the main server catches fire again. 
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>    Is there room at the ntlug.org hosting place for a 2nd 
> server? 

Well.. I can ask.  But remember, we have  FREE ride.
Space at provider is the MOST expensive part of their
operation.  Bandwidth can be increased, but it's not
easy to increase real estate.

I'll have to let you all know.

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>    I hated to see that the ntlug.org server went off line 
> for a couple of weeks with no explanation ( at the time ) 
> Not good for a 'linux' server. 

I would argue that implementing effective IP failover cannot
be accomplished with just two servers.  IMHO, the outage
was short and given that ntlug.org has been online for many
years with very, very little downtime, it's probably
not worth pursuing.

Now is someone wants to offer us infinite bandwidth,
3 IPs, room for at least 12U, 3 different backbone
providers... let's talk!!

With that said we will have a couple of us mirroring
the site on a regular basis for the future (though
even that isn't fully operational yet).

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