Finding a solution to this problem...

Hi guys,

I'd appreciate some help with a problem I have.

It's a web based application. So its being accessed via one IP. I need it so
if one of these boxes at each site is down, it will redirect to the other. I
am having a hard time figuring out how to do this simply. I could cluster
the boxes, but, the client does not have the money. Likewise for something
like vmware.

I have two sites. At both sites are two windows 2003 64bit machines with
tomcat and ms sql 2005 installed. These sites replicate to each other. They
both run a custom application. I was going to use the basic cluster app in
Windows 2003 to provide some simple failover. However, the problem I am
faced with is that if the internet connection goes down, the windows box
that hosts the clustered ip will not be available. Is there any simple way
to re work this solution?

Any info would be very helpful.

- Thanks

 

George,
have you considered a network load balancing solution (e.g. Microsoft NLB)?
You can find more info at
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc786264.aspx

hth
Marcin

"Gorge Lucas" <gorge@gorge.com> wrote in message
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> Hi guys,
>
> I'd appreciate some help with a problem I have.
>
> It's a web based application. So its being accessed via one IP. I need it
> so
> if one of these boxes at each site is down, it will redirect to the other.
> I
> am having a hard time figuring out how to do this simply. I could cluster
> the boxes, but, the client does not have the money. Likewise for something
> like vmware.
>
> I have two sites. At both sites are two windows 2003 64bit machines with
> tomcat and ms sql 2005 installed. These sites replicate to each other.
> They
> both run a custom application. I was going to use the basic cluster app in
> Windows 2003 to provide some simple failover. However, the problem I am
> faced with is that if the internet connection goes down, the windows box
> that hosts the clustered ip will not be available. Is there any simple way
> to re work this solution?
>
> Any info would be very helpful.
>
> - Thanks
>
>
>

 

George - you might want to also review the info provided in
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc776465.aspx

hth
Marcin

"Marcin" <marcin@community.nospam> wrote in message
news:ukXtY%23qyJHA.3476@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> George,
> have you considered a network load balancing solution (e.g. Microsoft
> NLB)? You can find more info at
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc786264.aspx
>
> hth
> Marcin
>
> "Gorge Lucas" <gorge@gorge.com> wrote in message
> news:OgtIq8pyJHA.2656@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I'd appreciate some help with a problem I have.
>>
>> It's a web based application. So its being accessed via one IP. I need it
>> so
>> if one of these boxes at each site is down, it will redirect to the
>> other. I
>> am having a hard time figuring out how to do this simply. I could cluster
>> the boxes, but, the client does not have the money. Likewise for
>> something
>> like vmware.
>>
>> I have two sites. At both sites are two windows 2003 64bit machines with
>> tomcat and ms sql 2005 installed. These sites replicate to each other.
>> They
>> both run a custom application. I was going to use the basic cluster app
>> in
>> Windows 2003 to provide some simple failover. However, the problem I am
>> faced with is that if the internet connection goes down, the windows box
>> that hosts the clustered ip will not be available. Is there any simple
>> way
>> to re work this solution?
>>
>> Any info would be very helpful.
>>
>> - Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

Thanks, i'll have a read through that.

"Marcin" <marcin@community.nospam> wrote in message
news:%23BPgWCryJHA.140@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> George - you might want to also review the info provided in
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc776465.aspx
>
> hth
> Marcin
>
> "Marcin" <marcin@community.nospam> wrote in message
> news:ukXtY%23qyJHA.3476@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> George,
>> have you considered a network load balancing solution (e.g. Microsoft
>> NLB)? You can find more info at
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc786264.aspx
>>
>> hth
>> Marcin
>>
>> "Gorge Lucas" <gorge@gorge.com> wrote in message
>> news:OgtIq8pyJHA.2656@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> I'd appreciate some help with a problem I have.
>>>
>>> It's a web based application. So its being accessed via one IP. I need
>>> it so
>>> if one of these boxes at each site is down, it will redirect to the
>>> other. I
>>> am having a hard time figuring out how to do this simply. I could
>>> cluster
>>> the boxes, but, the client does not have the money. Likewise for
>>> something
>>> like vmware.
>>>
>>> I have two sites. At both sites are two windows 2003 64bit machines with
>>> tomcat and ms sql 2005 installed. These sites replicate to each other.
>>> They
>>> both run a custom application. I was going to use the basic cluster app
>>> in
>>> Windows 2003 to provide some simple failover. However, the problem I am
>>> faced with is that if the internet connection goes down, the windows box
>>> that hosts the clustered ip will not be available. Is there any simple
>>> way
>>> to re work this solution?
>>>
>>> Any info would be very helpful.
>>>
>>> - Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>