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Web & Mail Server-Mirroring,Clustering ?

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I am wondering if there is a solution to switch the web and mail server from the first location to another server in different location (different IP of course) but with the same domain name in a short period of time if the first server is down, so that the email server continue to operate.

I was told Clustering works only on the same location placing both computers side-by-side, physically connected with ethernet cable. What about ADSL line to another ADSL line with Static IP?

Thanks.

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by jb007

Paulng,

your answer is a second MX (mail exchange) record in DNS that points to the ip address of mail server two.

It will look like this roughly:

test.com MX preference = 100, mail exchanger = mailprimary.test.com

test.com MX preference= 50, mail exchanger = mailsecondary.test.com

hope this helps,

jb.

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