Re: HA load balancing solution

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So rather like in racing: "How fast can you afford to go?"

If I only need to beat a John Deere that's not so hard. Beating a 
Hellcat is much more difficult. Beating an F1 car takes real money. Do 
you really need to beat the F1 car?

As you correctly say it is exactly an insurance policy and as with 
insurance there are levels. Purchase only the level/amount that covers 
the risks you are unwilling to cover on your own.

        - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 10/2/2018 11:23 AM, Musselman, Paul wrote:
> The big question is a business question:  How badly do you need your backup to be up and running 'instantly?'
>
> Provide enough money and it's 'instantly.'
>
> Provide less money and accept more time.
>
> This is an insurance policy for the company.
>
> Paul E Musselman
> PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: HA load balancing solution
>
> ...
> Now there is no way that's happening quickly enough that the user won't
> notice.  Yes flash storage helps, and certainly having less stuff
> actually running on that partition helps too (the layering of servers)
> but it's still not instant. It takes times.
> ...
> Rube Goldberg comes to mind...
>
>           - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis