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Changing the nameservers and waiting for the DNS to propgate can take a while. It might end up causing more downtime than good.
I assume you don't have any ssl certs on these sites?
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rsync would be much better than gzip, and you should be able to use it for the files at least. Mirroring the database is a little harder depending how the hosts configure things.
Do you have...
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Here is my scenario, and I'm hoping that some of you really smart IT guys can help me out here.
My company has a number of web sites that are hosted with a number of different hosting providers....
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While I agree with you for the most part, you have to realize a couple of things. First, this is coming from my boss. Within reason, I usually just get the project done regardless. Second, this is...
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This is surprisingly simple to do
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I know BlueHost provides SSH access, it's one of features on their website for their most basic of plans.
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yep, but you used to have to ask for it and fax them a copy of your driver's license -- which quite frankly is ridiculous. They still make you jump through hoops, but at least they aren't asking for...
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Here is an rsync example. This one uses certificates so that no password needs to be entered.
rsync man page - http://linux.die.net/man/1/rsync
#!/bin/bash
#Commands Variables...
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:iagree:
I used to work for a now defunk e-retailor similar to buy.com and we had web servers in house and a colocation. I believe they used an F5 box for load balancing/failover but I know their...
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The only real way to do what you want is a load balancer with a mirror site. Most load balancers use a number of criteria, including if the server is responding, to forward web requests. I find it...
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Agreed on the downtime. Obviously this would only be switched in rare cases of extreme emergency. I know that propagation can take a while (a few hours). So this would only be done if we knew that...
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No that is a bit ridiculous but if they've found a better and easier authentication method then it is well worth it for the OP.
