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NoBaloney Internet Svcs - In Memoriam †
There have been several posts recently here in the DirectAdmin forums on the subject of creating 100% uptime solutions, or at best, solutions with very limited downtime. Each time I post that there's nothing foolproof and it's not a simple or inexpensive solution. Others disagree with me, and that's fine.
However ...
This morning a well-known online accounting service, Freshbooks, had some downtime. During the downtime period they automatically switched to a backup system.
The system worked admirably; looking at posts on their blog, it appears hardly anyone even knew there was a problem.
Until the main server was restored. They've found they cannot easily fix their now segmented database, and have urged their clients to log back into the system and recreate eveything done during the outage. They've advised their clients that in the case of invoices sent, the invoices would be sent again.
At least a few of their clients have decided it would have been better to have the downtime, than the mess it created.
This has gotten me thinking; during the last four months we've been working on fully implementing a different online billing service (which shall go unnamed, as we've had no problems with them), but now I've decided to replace it with a hosted solution. At least with a hosted solution I'll know what can go wrong.
If anyone reading this has experience with merging databases after the main server has come back up, I'd appreciate your comments here.
Thanks!
Jeff
However ...
This morning a well-known online accounting service, Freshbooks, had some downtime. During the downtime period they automatically switched to a backup system.
The system worked admirably; looking at posts on their blog, it appears hardly anyone even knew there was a problem.
Until the main server was restored. They've found they cannot easily fix their now segmented database, and have urged their clients to log back into the system and recreate eveything done during the outage. They've advised their clients that in the case of invoices sent, the invoices would be sent again.
At least a few of their clients have decided it would have been better to have the downtime, than the mess it created.
This has gotten me thinking; during the last four months we've been working on fully implementing a different online billing service (which shall go unnamed, as we've had no problems with them), but now I've decided to replace it with a hosted solution. At least with a hosted solution I'll know what can go wrong.
If anyone reading this has experience with merging databases after the main server has come back up, I'd appreciate your comments here.
Thanks!
Jeff