On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Simon Walker
<stwalkerster(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
I was actually talking about connecting the servers to
the net down
different routes, ie multiple linecards, so if one went down, the other
would be there to take the load. Replicating the entire toolserver would be
way too much bother and expense, I agree, but surely another connection
can't hurt too much?
(apologies if I've got completely the wrong end of the stick here)
Doubling the cost of switch ports (this isn't a $50 netgear we're
talking about hereā¦) to guard against some hours outage less-essential
service against a failure mode that has only happened once in many
years?
Doesn't sound like much of a win.