[sf-lug] SF-LUG (& BALUG) VM infrastructure, etc. [Re: "all better" (up again): Re: (temporarily) down: SF-LUG (but lists up) ... likewise some BALUG bits down ...]

Wed Apr 20 10:06:02 PDT 2016

On Wed, 2016-04-20 at 04:06 -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> One type that doesn't aspire to instant _or_ automatic failover, but
> IMO
> is easily good enough for any LUG server I know of, involves a second
> (failover) machine kept either constantly or periodically synced with
> the main (primary) host.  The failover has a completely different IP.
> Ideally, it would be in a different building on different routes /
> provider, and certainly not on the same electrical circuit.

SF-LUG actually had this for a pretty long time, with one host serving
up www.sf-lug.com, and the other serving up www.sf-lug.org, which
periodically got a manual sync.