Prefered Method Of Network Redundancy (Server Connectivity)
May 16, 2007
There are several methods of offering network path redundancy. The basic decision for me has come down to:
Do it at Layer 2
Do it at Layer 3
At the moment we have layer 2 redundancy to each server. 2NICs on the server up with one having the IPs for apache/mysql/etc. each nic going into a seperate switch and the switches connected together, with 2 routers running VRRP to handle the gateway.
Everything is Vlaned.
So basicaly the switch redundancy is done by spanning tree and the IP redundancy is done with a process on the router/server to move the IP to the other router/server NIC if there is an issue.
I am thinking about going with 2 fully seperate networks. in differant subnets. where each router would have a gateway. the routers would talk to each other and they would speak OSPF or ISIS with the servers. This way I would move hosting onto loopback IPs on the servers and those loopback IPs would be advertised to the both routers through seperate networks.
Again everything would be Vlanned.
This has the advantage of getting rid of spanning tree which has caused issues from time to time. It would keep redundancy up and we could standardize on the routing daemon ran on the servers allowing all of the various OSs we run to have the same basic config for network redundancy. Where now each OS tends to have its own solution. This would make life easier from a config and troubleshooting point of view.
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Apr 26, 2007
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I am planning to buy a dedicated server and a shared server from a hosting company.
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Can somebody told me how to setup the 2 server so that my dedicated server can serve as the main server and if the dedicated server is down, the shared server can automatically be activated and visitors of my website will auto be redirect to the shared server.
Do i need to setup any backup DNS too so that when the dedicated server is down, it will auto redirect the user to the shared server.
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Budget Range:$90-$130
Payment method: Paypal
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I need a good dedicated server provider like Softlayer (in terms of everything) who is in this price range..
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I have tested so many compagny I can't even remember and with all of thoses compagny my customers had lagg pikes or this kind of things.
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I tested OVH , ngz-server , bestserver.eu and much more but it was the same problem.
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Aug 19, 2008
im now having a second server located somewhere else then my first one.
I'd like to setup something to have redundance. if server1 goes down or even if it's too much loaded server2 take the charge.
How can i do this?
let say im having a domain "mydomain.com"
Server1 ip: 10.0.0.1 (Services; Apache, DNS)
server2 ip: 192.168.0.1 (Services; Apache, DNS)
mydomain.com nameserver would be.
ns1.mydomain.com -> 10.0.0.1
ns2.mydomain.com -> 192.168.0.1
Now will i have to create 2 NS record on both server plus A record.
I cant understand this part ?
Now how would i setup bind so they replicate zone btw each other?
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May 1, 2008
Basically have 2 hosting accounts at different providers...each set-up for the same domain name...and then somehow wtih DNS make it so if host #1 goes down traffic goes to host #2 (which would basically be a splash screen explaining that host #1 is down and will be back soon).
DNS isn't my strong point, but I do know you can do this with MX records...so if the first server fails it tries the next until it gets a working one or reaches the end of the list. I'd just like to do it is A records.
It wouldn't be as simple as setting the nameservers like this would it?
ns1.host1.com
ns2.host1.com
ns1.host2.com
ns2.host2.com
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IP1 Hosted on host 1
IP2 Hosted on host 2
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Anyways their tech support says they can log in fine, and it's just a problem with my ISP. (I tried to emphasis the fact that it's 4 different ISP's all having the same issue).
Ping's good, I even get an authentication window. Just when I put in credentials I get The connection was interrupted.
Anyways phone support could only offer to open a ticket for me. Can anyone else using Intermedia Hosted Sharepoint let me know if they too are having problems? I realize Hosted Email is probably working fine.
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May 5, 2008
I am working on setting up a few servers that run cPanel and the usual software, minus any sort of DNS server. These servers are setup to sync all DNS records over to a cPanel "Dns Only" (ns1.domain.com), which in turn syncs all its records to a backup DNS server (ns2.domain.com).
In other words:
[Domain registrar]
| |
[NS1]--Sync-->[NS2]
|
(Sync to NS1)
|
Cpanel Web Server
Now, say something happens to NS1 and the sever goes completely offline (i.e. power supply dies, CPU goes bad, etc.), which of the following scenarios would actually happen:
1) Because the registrar lists both NS1 and NS2 as NS records, NS1 would time out and the DNS lookup would look to the secondary DNS (NS2) for the record.
2) The registrar would randomly give out NS1 OR NS2 because of round robin, and if NS1 is given to a client as the result of a DNS lookup, the site will appear down, however if the client happens to be referred to NS2, the site would appear online.
3) The site would be down no matter what.
So, if someone with knowledge on the subject wouldn't mind enlightening me as to which of those would actually take place in the event of a failure on NS1, and maybe some suggestions as to keeping the DNS truely "redundant", then I would greatly appreciate it.
And Im aware that there are many 3rd party services that will take care of the DNS records and make them redundant (DYNDNS, DNSMadeEasy, etc) But I would prefer to keep the DNS in our full control.
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It's likely we will end up buying transit from multiple carriers and deal with BGP, etc.
But I am also interested in hearing about Savvis's Diverse Internet availability product.
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