[thelist] European Linux Dedicated Server Host

[Richard Bennett]

On Thursday 23 February 2006 15:00, Hershel Robinson wrote:
> Anyway, the downtime with our dedicated server has become a problem.
> Reliable email is vital to the success of this corporation and so they
> are ready to try another host.

My opinion is that redundancy is key. Every system can have some downtime, and 
it always happens at the worst moment...
What I do is host the DNS of the domainname on zoneedit.org , there I setup 
five nameservers in different continents, and different ip address ranges.
The I setup the primary email server pointing to my own server, and as 
secondary server I use their mailbackup service (secondary etc mailserver 
could also be used). This means if my server is down, they save the mail on 
their servers, until mine is back up, and deliver it then.
This has saved my neck on many an occasion.



Richard.