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Extreme Paranoia!
Coming to a web server near you: the ultimate in low(ish) cost high availability web serving. The concept is to use another dedicated server from the same company, but physically located in a different country. Load up all the relevant files, install SQL Server and set up replication between the two sites at hourly intervals.… Continue reading
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Backup paranoia
Having had so many things go down unexpectedly recently I’m still in backup paranoia mode: saving files regularly whilst working on them; using my external hard drive to copy all my working folders and files; using SQL server’s DTS scheduling to download stored procedures and databases that aren’t copied using replication. Of course, as long… Continue reading
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Did I mention fours?
I haven’t been able to bring myself to mention the fourth disaster. To a certain extent it was a planned outage. We did the backup, notified users of down time and then proceeded to rebuild the server. The server came up, SQL was installed, the SQL backup was restored … not! Did anyone ever mention… Continue reading
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BT Eclipsed by Eclipse
I have two broadband accounts at different locations, both required to have a fixed IP address. One, provided by Eclipse Internet allowed this by logging on to my account and ticking a check box. BT have so far: 1. Sent me a new broadband modem (not required). 2. Scheduled a time for the upgrade (a… Continue reading
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Or maybe threes…
Just had a call that another server has gone down! We think lightening overnight is the culprit. Bang goes the PDC complete with DHCP and DNS services. It’s amazing how many bits of a network rely on one small server. Without DHCP none of the clients can get an IP address or default gateway –… Continue reading
