[Javascript] Time & day-based redirects?

Hassan Schroeder hassan at webtuitive.com
Wed Mar 26 15:29:41 CST 2003


Michael Dougherty wrote:
> ...because if the server is down, there will be no way for that message to
> be calculated...

>   If you have a NAT firewall/router between the user and the web server, you
> could redirect the traffic to an entirely different web server - but unless
> you can automate that process, it's pretty likely that the process won't be
> done reliably.

Exactly -- there's no "solution" to this problem in JavaScript or
any other language; you need another server to take over the load
when the main one is down (even if it's only showing a "we'll be
back later" message).

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