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07-11-2005, 02:20 PM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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Whats the advantage of co-hosting?
I have a site to be hosted in the uk serving the US & the UK
Would I give better service to the US if I had a mirror or cohosted site?
Does this, in effect, mean 2 sites ?
If not how do the sites work together?
Art
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07-11-2005, 02:52 PM #2Backup Guru
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Could you first explain what co-hosting is?
I think what you're talking about is geographic load-balancing. You would maintain two servers, each with a copy of the website. When someone makes a request, it would go to the closest server, using fancy DNS tricks.Scott Burns, President
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07-11-2005, 05:52 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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You could just put something on the northern east coast, so that its the closest possible to the UK.
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07-11-2005, 06:09 PM #4Junior Guru Wannabe
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Is there a way of knowing the server location of a hosting company?
i.e. How would I know it was hosted in the north East
(which I agree is mid way between the Pacific west coast and UK)
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07-11-2005, 06:28 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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Usually hosting companies will tell you where they are located.
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07-11-2005, 07:12 PM #6Managed Hosting Expert
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If you're in the UK, play with pinging various hosts - that should give you an idea of response times ... something around 80-100ms from the UK is great.
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07-12-2005, 12:54 PM #7Junior Guru
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traceroutes are good thing to check also.
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