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Madman · 07-23-2009, 03:27 PM

Actually, 2 IPs 1 domain techincally. I was going to go ask my IT department, but this is much easier and I won't get looked at funny.

I'm looking how to have one domain, but 2 separate IPs to have fault tolerance between 2 servers.

I want one server to be the primary server and where everyone is directed to first when they hit the domain name. In the event that the first IP is unreachable, then the user would be directed to the second IP.

I've read about "round robin" dns stuff, but I don't want the second server to be used unless absolutely necessary as co-location bandwidth overage charges are not something we like to pay for if we don't have to.

Is there a DNS service out there that can do something like this? How about one that is smart enough to take the primary IP offline automatically, or for a certain period of time if it isn't responding?

Any help would be appreciated.

07-23-2009, 03:27 PM	#1
Madman Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Exp:	2 IPs 1 Cup Actually, 2 IPs 1 domain techincally. I was going to go ask my IT department, but this is much easier and I won't get looked at funny. I'm looking how to have one domain, but 2 separate IPs to have fault tolerance between 2 servers. I want one server to be the primary server and where everyone is directed to first when they hit the domain name. In the event that the first IP is unreachable, then the user would be directed to the second IP. I've read about "round robin" dns stuff, but I don't want the second server to be used unless absolutely necessary as co-location bandwidth overage charges are not something we like to pay for if we don't have to. Is there a DNS service out there that can do something like this? How about one that is smart enough to take the primary IP offline automatically, or for a certain period of time if it isn't responding? Any help would be appreciated.