Hi All,
I've maybe a very stupid question to ask, please kindly give me some hints on this.
I have 2 web servers running in data centre, and I'm thinking whether I can have a cold standby server (only turned on if needed) ready there as well in case any of the 2 servers break down (I mean hardware failure). What I want to achieve is that once any of the running servers goes down, I can go to the data centre and immediately swap the harddisk (provided that the hardware problem is not related to the harddisk) from the dead machine to the standby one and then get it up and running quickly, so that I can take my time and repair the dead machine.
So, is this possible? If so, what are the requirements (hard or soft raid disks? same OS required? same hardware a must? system settings?) in order to make this happen? This maybe dumb but I really appreciate for any suggestions on this issue. Thank you!
Regards,
Anthony.
I've maybe a very stupid question to ask, please kindly give me some hints on this.
I have 2 web servers running in data centre, and I'm thinking whether I can have a cold standby server (only turned on if needed) ready there as well in case any of the 2 servers break down (I mean hardware failure). What I want to achieve is that once any of the running servers goes down, I can go to the data centre and immediately swap the harddisk (provided that the hardware problem is not related to the harddisk) from the dead machine to the standby one and then get it up and running quickly, so that I can take my time and repair the dead machine.
So, is this possible? If so, what are the requirements (hard or soft raid disks? same OS required? same hardware a must? system settings?) in order to make this happen? This maybe dumb but I really appreciate for any suggestions on this issue. Thank you!
Regards,
Anthony.