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<DIV><SPAN class=661402116-24112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyone here have
experience with DNS-based failover services? We are
looking</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=661402116-24112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>for a service
provider to heartbeat our web servers and redirect user traffic
to</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=661402116-24112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>alternate servers if
our primary ones are down.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=661402116-24112004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=661402116-24112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>FYI we're looking
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=661402116-24112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>at Akamai
and Speedera, but a quick Google reveals that there</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=661402116-24112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>are loads of other
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=661402116-24112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>companies
doing simple DNS failover for far less $ than Akamai</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=661402116-24112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>and Speedera
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=661402116-24112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>(i.e.,
UltraDNS, Simplefailover.com, etc.) I'm interested in
any</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=661402116-24112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>recommendations,
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=661402116-24112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>general
suggestions/gotchas, etc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=661402116-24112004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=661402116-24112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>(FWIW, I understand
that Akamai states they do 'edge routing', but their tech
folk</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=661402116-24112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>lead me to believe
that it is still DNS-based... either way, it is far and away the
most</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=661402116-24112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>costly
service/solution out there.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=661402116-24112004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=661402116-24112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>cheers & happy
Thanksgiving,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=661402116-24112004><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Eric</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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