Comments on: Fault tolerance on a web server http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/fault-tolerance-on-a-web-server/ Sat, 25 May 2013 17:28:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: The Most-Watched IT Questions: May 24, 2011 - ITKE Community Blog http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/fault-tolerance-on-a-web-server/#comment-92546 The Most-Watched IT Questions: May 24, 2011 - ITKE Community Blog Tue, 24 May 2011 06:41:42 +0000 #comment-92546 [...] 5. A member wondering how to handle null value in COBOL/400 is getting some help from TomLiotta, CharlieBrowne, and MDratwa. Jump in with your own expertise! 6. Koohiisan and mrdenny have some tips on fault tolerance on a web server. [...]

]]> By: koohiisan http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/fault-tolerance-on-a-web-server/#comment-92004 koohiisan Tue, 10 May 2011 15:24:51 +0000 #comment-92004 Your DNS record online points to your router. The router directs visitors to the IP address of your internal web server. So, if you change the IP address of one of the backup boxes to the address that your web server should be, you would have your failover. So, you would probably want some script to check (via ping, maybe) to see if your web server is alive, and if not, then change the IP address.

Maybe someone else will have a simpler solution?

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