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blocks:server:advanced_server_configuration [2023-03-16 06:47]
mattias [Using a DNS Server for Accessing Computers by Name]
blocks:server:advanced_server_configuration [2023-03-16 06:51] (current)
mattias [Enable Optional server services]
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 [[blocks:server:advanced_server_configuration:samba|Enable SMB filesharing]] [[blocks:server:advanced_server_configuration:samba|Enable SMB filesharing]]
  
-=== Server Redundancy ===+=== Server Redundancy (Mirror server) ===
 While the Blocks server software is very robust, the complete system can never be more reliable than the hardware it runs on. If your Blocks server dies for some reason, your system will stop functioning. To safeguard agains such major disasters, you can install a //secondary// Blocks server in your system. While the Blocks server software is very robust, the complete system can never be more reliable than the hardware it runs on. If your Blocks server dies for some reason, your system will stop functioning. To safeguard agains such major disasters, you can install a //secondary// Blocks server in your system.
  
 {{ :blocks:server:mirror:mirroring.jpg?nolink |}} {{ :blocks:server:mirror:mirroring.jpg?nolink |}}
  
-Specialized [[blocks:server:mirror|mirroring software]] running in the background keeps this second server in lock-step with the primary server – copying all changes across as they happen in real time. Should the main server die, you can immediately switch over to the mirror copy, and be back up and running in a matter of minutes.+Specialized mirroring software running in the background keeps this second server in lock-step with the primary server – copying all changes across as they happen in real time. Should the main server die, you can immediately switch over to the mirror copy, and be back up and running in a matter of minutes.
  
 +[[blocks:server:mirror|Enable mirroring server]]