Michael Stauber wrote:
> Hi Jason,
>
>
> You make some pretty good points there.
>
> As is CMU is not a proper tool for disaster recovery - in fact it is a
> disaster all by itself. Sure, in the absence of other workable mechanisms one
> has to use what he's got. So everyone uses CMU - for migrations as well as
> for backups.
>
> Well ... Brian Smith from NuOnce Networks and I are currently working on
> something that'll pretty much solve all these issues. In fact all the things
> you listed above prompted us to stick our heads together and think of ways to
> improve the usability of BlueQuartz.
>
> The name of the product will be Aventurin{e}.
>
> I don't want to spill too many details now, but this is what I can already
> say:
>
> - Run multiple instances of CentOS + BlueQuartz (and other Linux
> distributions) on the same server with tight resource management for each
> virtual server.
>
> - Clustering support with fail over mechanisms. Two identical servers,
> connected via 2nd network interface, doing constant RAID-over-ethernet. If
> the primary server goes down, the 2ndary inherits all network settings and
> switches itself onto the public network, continuing to serve requests where
> the primary failed.
>
> - Backups: No more CMU. Backs up the entire server down to the last file and
> allows easy restores within a matter of minutes. Runs independently of the
> clustering and therefore provides additional means to preserve your valueable
> data.
>
> - Migrations of running (virtual) servers almost without downtime.
>
> - Possibility to import existing CentOS + BlueQuartz server (in fact any Linux
> distribution) as virtual server.
>
> - Easy to use and intuitive GUI interface.
>
> - As easy to install as CentOS + BlueQuartz.
>
> It'll be a commercial product, available from NuOnce Networks and
> Solarspeed.net directly, or from various selected vendors. Sorry, guys, but
> after countless weeks of development we can't release this for free.
>
> Current project status: Second full month of limited public beta testing on
> servers running real sites and hosting real clients.
>
> Release date ... well, let's just say: "Soon!". Probably a few more weeks.
>
> http://www.aventurin.net/ has some old screen shots of the GUI from back in
> early December. Since then quite a few things changed, but it'll be good
> enough to give a rough idea.
>
>
Hi,
Sounds greats but one other thing to add... Our back-up servers are not
on the same network... This is so that if a switch or anythin fails then
the backups are on a completely septate system if the network settings
are inherited from the 1st server it will have no connectivity with the
network.
Thanks
Jason