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System Fault Tolerant

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by matt5968

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Presently I have a single W2k Server with 10 clients running win 98 and win me. And have Filemaker Pro which is main Application for company. I would like to add a second Server to make network fault tolerant. How would I setup servers to do this ..Thanks for any help...

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by dc1

Does not sound like you are running a domain and rebuilding the first server and creating a cluster would seam like to much overhead . If you are running Active Directory then add the second server as a domain controller. Other than that you couldbuild the second server and make it ofline backup for your production box (as long as you have a solid backup plan).

by estebandelatorre

First fault tolerance move...

Have a fault tolerance server harware.
Build your server strong, that is double power supplies, UPS, Raid 5 (hardware) scsi controllers, 10.000 rpm scsi disk, double nic cards, ECC memory ready (the chip will turn to disable if it find a problem with the memory bank)
Once you complete this stage, and still thinking about a more strong scenario, it's time to move to a cluster solution, that is two identical hardwares (as previous mention) but with a special software, the fail over sofware. When one server fails, the other receives all the load. Your application should be "Cluster Aware" in order to work in this way.
More specific?, ask for it!

Hope it helps!!!

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