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Re: bad idea?

  • From: Randy Bush
  • Date: Wed Jul 05 11:41:55 2000 
>> Given a small, globally routable netblock to be used for front-end web
>> servers, and a strong aversion for using DNS for any type of load
>> balancing, would it be reasonable to build two identical servers farms
>> with the same public IP addresses and rely on the BGP sessions with the
>> hosing providers to remove one advertisement in the event of a problem? 
>> I've been looking at ways to ensure that the webservers are always
>> available, short of building a network connecting hosting facilities.
> 
> Dude, saying things like that on this group is likely to get you executed.
> Building a discontigious AS isn't the answer.

i missed the part where he said discontiguous as.  please point it out to
us.

randy