Re:My home lab setup for highly-available Internet
by DoubleGlazing on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @04:21PM
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I used to work for a company whose setup was super simple.
ADSL Modem > Firewall > Router > Web/DB servers
It was basic, but it worked. Our web servers were mission critical, but as a B2B business they, and the ADSL connection, didn't sustain a heavy load. The only issues we had over several years were with the ADSL modem. Everything else just worked.
When we moved office we moved our servers to a co-hosting centre with an upgraded network setup with all sorts of backup and redundancy. Every week something went wrong. Sometimes simple is best.
ADSL Modem > Firewall > Router > Web/DB servers
It was basic, but it worked. Our web servers were mission critical, but as a B2B business they, and the ADSL connection, didn't sustain a heavy load. The only issues we had over several years were with the ADSL modem. Everything else just worked.
When we moved office we moved our servers to a co-hosting centre with an upgraded network setup with all sorts of backup and redundancy. Every week something went wrong. Sometimes simple is best.