On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Simon Walker stwalkerster@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 here…) 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.