[HCoop-Discuss] [HCoop-Announce] Mire back up

[Steve Johnson]

On 2/12/08, David Crawshaw <crawshaw at hcoop.net> wrote:
> Steve Johnson wrote:
> > This should be a priority, not an "After that".  Web services are the
> > most impacted when mire goes down, and web services are probably the
> > most commonly used service at hcoop. (maybe mail is #1.. Web #2).. So
> > this really should be #1 on the list here.
>
> If the DNS dies, the web goes down very quickly. That means there are
> currently two points of failure for the web, mire and the dns server
> (possibly three, depending on how AFS is configured). It also means
> there are two points of failure for mail services.
>
> It seems clear that an external DNS is the first priority.

Yes, but a redundant web box should not be at the bottom of the list,
now should it?   How hard is it to get a DNS server running?  Not
very... It has taken way to long to get this going, to many people
sitting on their hands here.

-Steve

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