I just got a copy of OS X Server with which I will run a few webpages. I have an I-Mac DV 400Mhz (summer 2000) in which I will run it on. (I know it is a weak machine, but after premlimiary testing it appears sufficent.)
I was going to get a firewire drive in which to keep a mirror image of the hard drive. My thinking was that I could boot off of the image if there was a problem with the active drive. I then had this thought. If I had an identical computer, I could boot the second computer with the T option making it a firewire drive to the active server. Then if there was a problem with the active server, I could just boot up the mirror server.
I figure I will run something like Disk Copy Cloner (to make the second computer an exact image) Then a scheduled backup program to copy over the mail and web pages periodically. The I-Macs are perfect because of cost. If this works and I need more power I can always get more potent machines.
Does anybody see any flaws in my logic? Also, what if I get a different Summer 2000 IMac? Would the hardware be compatible with the mirror image drive? (that way I could get a 500Mhz computer verses my 400Mhz Ruby. I could even make the new computer the primary server.)
I think that this is a great way to make a redundant server. I just won't have automatic recovery, but I don't have a redunant server now anyway.
I was going to get a firewire drive in which to keep a mirror image of the hard drive. My thinking was that I could boot off of the image if there was a problem with the active drive. I then had this thought. If I had an identical computer, I could boot the second computer with the T option making it a firewire drive to the active server. Then if there was a problem with the active server, I could just boot up the mirror server.
I figure I will run something like Disk Copy Cloner (to make the second computer an exact image) Then a scheduled backup program to copy over the mail and web pages periodically. The I-Macs are perfect because of cost. If this works and I need more power I can always get more potent machines.
Does anybody see any flaws in my logic? Also, what if I get a different Summer 2000 IMac? Would the hardware be compatible with the mirror image drive? (that way I could get a 500Mhz computer verses my 400Mhz Ruby. I could even make the new computer the primary server.)
I think that this is a great way to make a redundant server. I just won't have automatic recovery, but I don't have a redunant server now anyway.