Walter,
If you are still out there - sorry for the late reply. I think some of us were a little overwhelmed at the question. We don't get it too often.
I have a question for you. How often will you be updating all of the sites? It seems like it would be a lot of trouble to update accounts at two different hosts. If your sites only change a few times though maybe it's alright with you to make the changes.
If there is any downtime on the server with us, it would be due to "neighbor abuse" and is normally only a few minutes. It can happen at times. But with the solution you want you could basically knock out any downtime.
It sounds like you need to obtain this DNS service from
ZoneEdit. We do not currently offer this type of service ourselves but it is definitely in our plans.
Quote:
"How does your failover service work?
Failover monitoring service works when you have two or more web servers running the same (or similar) web site.
* First, you need the IP address for your domain, and get it working - then you add the failover monitor.
* The failover monitor watches your web server(s) by hitting a URL you specify and looking for text in the results.
* When the system detects that one of them is having an error, and the others aren't, it pulls the IP address out of the list.
* If none of the IP's are responding and you have a failure IP/URL defined, then it points the site to the failure IP/URL.
* If the system can't get to all of the IP's then it assumes that the fault is it's own connection - and it takes no action.
* If any of your IP's come back online they are restored
This effectively and safely keeps your site online - even if one of your web servers is down.
The average failure detection time is 10 minutes. This time varies depending on the speed of your site and the nature of the failure. Recovery times are faster, averaging 5 minutes. "
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Our Bronze reseller plan would be fine for the websites that you have.
Let me know your thoughts!
Thank you,
Kayla