Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:02:34 +0200> From: henrik at hswn.dk> To: hobbit at hswn.dk> Subject: Re: [hobbit] Fail over?> > On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 02:18:16PM -0400, Stewart L wrote:> > So, how are others doing this? I have a server set up here in my> > primary data center. We're monitoring a few thousand hosts right now> > with a large number of custom externals.> > > > I've been tasked with setting up a fail-over or disaster response> > server in case our primary data center has issues. All of our clients> > are currently configured to send their messages to the IP address of> > our primary server.> > > > Now, I could just copy the bb-hosts file to the DR site, but then I> > would only get the network tests since the clients all report to the> > primary.> > I run two completely separate systems in parallel, and have the clients> report to both of them. The system at our disaster center has the paging> module disabled (just disable the [bbpage] section in hobbitlaunch.cfg),> to avoid double alerts - it is simple to activate it, if necessary.
I was thinking of using Sun Cluster(hb on Solaris) or HeartBeat(hb on Linux) but then how can I configure the Cluster solution to failover from one site(Florida) to another(NewYork) ?
I believe this setup is the most simple failover solution at the only expense of extra network bandwidth usgage to the secondary hb server.
tj
Config files are rsync'ed from the primary site to the disaster site> regularly.> > > Regards,> Henrik> > > To unsubscribe from the hobbit list, send an e-mail to> hobbit-unsubscribe at hswn.dk> >
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