Search Again: Re: QDNS and Fail Over Support Question From: Men & Mice Support Date: Sunday, August 19, 2001 Time: 11:51:33 pm At 1:03 PM -0600 8/19/01, Dan Tappin wrote: >I have searched the lists but I can't find a simple explanation of my >question. > >I would like to have a secondary server that displays a simple 'Routine >Maintenance' page when my primary server goes down for whatever reason. > >I have seen the 99%/1% load balance solution but that is a pain given that >that 1% still goes to the secondary. I just want the secondary to receive >requests ONLY in the event that the primary is down. > >Can this be done with QDNS 3.5 and if so how? No, it can't be done. The best you can do is 99.99% to one server, with 0.01% going to the other server. You might be able to configure the backup server to try to get the correct data from the main server, only putting up the "Routine Maintenance" page when it can't contact the main server, but this is not an easy thing to do. Probably the best tool for creating such a solution (on a Mac OS web server) would be WebSiphon. ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton Men & Mice cbuxton@menandmice.com We Make DNS Easy!

Messages In This Thread: QDNS and Fail Over Support Question by Dan Tappin on Aug 19, 2001 at 12:06:40 pm Re: QDNS and Fail Over Support Question by Men & Mice Support on Aug 19, 2001 at 11:51:33 pm Re: QDNS and Fail Over Support Question by Dean Suhr on Aug 20, 2001 at 10:15:25 pm