[sllug-members]: Multiple DSL Lines

[Adam Barrett]

Colocation is something I looked into, however I estimated that a dual
DSL will solve the problem until I can afford the $100+ extra a month
for colo.

Although I will look into other options.

I do need to reduce the size of my rackmount for cost though, anyone
know a good cheap place to get a 1U/2U?

On 12/12/06, Mac Newbold <mac at macnewbold.com> wrote:
> Today at 5:41pm, Adam Barrett said:
>
> > I am running two servers (currently) hosting a couple of small
> > domains, however, I hope to increase my overall bandwidth (up mostly)
> > to the servers as one of my sites continually maxes the single DSL
> > line I have now.
> >
> > I would love for the two lines to act as 1 (1 IP etc) but then I am
> > not terribly worried about that either, I can split the two current
> > servers to each line if need be.
> >
> > What I really want to know is if this will help my overall traffic to
> > the sites? In other words, if someone starts a massive download on the
> > first line will other people be able to connect to the same server on
> > the other line and still see decent speeds?
>
> I'm not sure, but I think it may be possible to have multiple conflicting
> A records for your domain names. If it is you could list both IP
> addresses, and it could use either (generally it will choose randomly
> between them, I think) which would give a rough load balancing effect for
> incoming traffic.
>
> Your outgoing traffic that is a response to an incoming request (like
> anything your servers hand out) will go back out on the same connection
> where it came in. If the one line gets maxed, anything using the other
> line will see better performance than it does now.
>
> > Thanks again for all that everyone has helped with so far, I hope this
> > will come in handy for more people as Fiber is not yet an option to
> > about 80% of this valley, and the other options are not grand either.
>
> One other option I would urge you to consider is colocation or a virtual
> private server of some kind. If you're serious about hosting (I once used
> to do it over DSL too), it's much better to get your box somewhere that
> your end of the connection isn't the bottleneck. I've got my stuff at
> XMission and love it. The other bonus with that is you get your DSL line
> back for normal use, and probably don't need the expense of a second one.
> The cost of colocation is lower than you might think, starting at about
> $100/month at many places I think. Some places you might look into are
> XMission, Linode, Verio, Rackspace. There's a list of places here too:
> http://www.utahcolocation.com/ . The virtual private server may or may not
> meet your needs. I presume you're doing multiple domains and want root
> control of your stuff, so that eliminates many other hosting options. A
> virtual server won't let you use your own hardware, and you only get a
> slice of a box, but it is less expensive. I'm sure others have ideas here
> too.
>
> Besides the bandwidth benefits, you'd also get better uptime for power and
> network, unless you've already got on-site UPS and generator capabilities
> and redundant network connections that get automatically routed around.
> That translates to better sleep and fewer midnight pager attacks, and less
> time spent doing system administration.
>
> Mac
>
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