Comments on: Redundant Arrays of Internet Service Providers (RAISP) for 100% Uptime http://www.charlesmerriam.com/blog/2007/11/redundant-arrays-of-internet-service-providers-raisp-for-100-uptime/ Charles Merriam's loud tales of coding and technology Sun, 02 May 2010 17:08:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: spenser http://www.charlesmerriam.com/blog/2007/11/redundant-arrays-of-internet-service-providers-raisp-for-100-uptime/comment-page-1/#comment-15178 spenser Tue, 20 May 2008 08:35:05 +0000 http://www.charlesmerriam.com/blog/?p=79#comment-15178 To deal with the hosting providers that disallow media-only web serving, you can do two things. First, completely mirror the site. Second, have the ip included as part of the set answering for that site. Of course, if RAISP spreads, then hosting providers will have to reconsider their TOS. As for the stupid dns tricks needed to accomplish this, you can get a third party service that supports *all* of the features you need from: <a href="http://edgedirector.com/" rel="nofollow">edgedirector.com</a> It's the little things that will make or break the concept. Things like: failback control strategy, second tier failover, geoip, load shedding and monitoring. This requires a great deal of research and coding that needs to have its cost spread over multiple customers. Thus, a third party managed dns service. To deal with the hosting providers that disallow media-only web serving, you can do two things. First, completely mirror the site. Second, have the ip included as part of the set answering for that site.

Of course, if RAISP spreads, then hosting providers will have to reconsider their TOS.

As for the stupid dns tricks needed to accomplish this, you can get a third party service that supports *all* of the features you need from:

edgedirector.com

It’s the little things that will make or break the concept. Things like: failback control strategy, second tier failover, geoip, load shedding and monitoring. This requires a great deal of research and coding that needs to have its cost spread over multiple customers. Thus, a third party managed dns service.

]]> By: Kee Hinckley http://www.charlesmerriam.com/blog/2007/11/redundant-arrays-of-internet-service-providers-raisp-for-100-uptime/comment-page-1/#comment-6593 Kee Hinckley Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:04:58 +0000 http://www.charlesmerriam.com/blog/?p=79#comment-6593 Two quick thoughts. 1. I know that at least one of my hosting providers specifically disallows media-only web serving. 2. As for technological solutions, it might actually make sense to look at how spammers do this (with owned machines) since the techniques they use might well work for legitimate servers as well. Two quick thoughts.

1. I know that at least one of my hosting providers specifically disallows media-only web serving.

2. As for technological solutions, it might actually make sense to look at how spammers do this (with owned machines) since the techniques they use might well work for legitimate servers as well.

]]> By: charles http://www.charlesmerriam.com/blog/2007/11/redundant-arrays-of-internet-service-providers-raisp-for-100-uptime/comment-page-1/#comment-6559 charles Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:58:59 +0000 http://www.charlesmerriam.com/blog/?p=79#comment-6559 Which part? The DNS for failover or playing with BGP messages to keep the DNS resolution bouncing? Which part? The DNS for failover or playing with BGP messages to keep the DNS resolution bouncing?

]]> By: Chris Weber http://www.charlesmerriam.com/blog/2007/11/redundant-arrays-of-internet-service-providers-raisp-for-100-uptime/comment-page-1/#comment-6553 Chris Weber Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:49:16 +0000 http://www.charlesmerriam.com/blog/?p=79#comment-6553 Could you elaborate on tactic 1? Specifically, how would you accomplish this? Could you elaborate on tactic 1?

Specifically, how would you accomplish this?

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