What happens in such a situation.
Im guessing that you have to buy a new one and have it
shipped to the company taht colocates it right?

But that means your hosting company is down for over a week.

What measures can be taken to prevent downtime in case of a crash, when you are co-locating?
Any hardware or software prevent somethign like this?


Oh, and what are the odds of a server failing?
Does it happen often?

I appreciate your help.
Trevor

Check out RAID. You can now use RAID on IDE drives, so it can be done cheaper now than in the past when SCSI was only available. With RAID the harddrives are mirrored so if one fails you could switch the the second drive with minimal downtime.


I do not think odds of a server crash can be given. A company should take steps to make sure if one happens downtime will be minimal and they can recover quickly.

if using RAID configuration... does another backup solutions needed ? eg: to tape, or to remote dedicated backup server ?

I would recommend one because raid only is for one harddrive failing, not as a backup solution for say getting hacked or loosing data.

Other than the HD problem, if the CPU or hardware fails, try to get the person providing you with colo facilities to replace them ASAP. All you need is to pay them some additional charges and installation fee.

What happens in such a situation.
Im guessing that you have to buy a new one and have it
shipped to the company taht colocates it right?Some colocation providers keep an inventory of Hard Drives, Memory, NICs on hand at the facility. That way, if something goes wrong with your server they can get you up and running fairly quickly. Of course you would have to pay for the part and labor.

Of course, RAID 1 is always recommended on any server :)

Originally posted by RackMy.com
Of course, RAID 1 is always recommended on any server :)

I thought it suppose to be RAID 0 mirroring?

But let's say if RAID 1 is being use, performance will enchance, and work load is divided between the 2 HD, will it somehow prolong the life of the HD.. or somehow more durable?

RAID 1 is mirroring, RAID 0 is Striping (without parity) and not that reliable (if one drive crashes you loss all data).