[OSM-talk] Linuxtag demonstration down - Re: handover of tile.openstreetmap.org

[Jonathan Bennett]

Jon Burgess wrote:
> If high availability is really important then it would make sense to 
> add some redundancy either with a duplicate server or mirrored / 
> raided disks.
> I think the best approach would be to get an independent tile server
> some place. Since the data is derived from the planet dump I don't see
> replication of the raw database as being necessary. Both machines could
> render independently. 
>   
Strangely enough, I have an offer of a load balancing switch for the 
project, if we want it. This would allow us to have two or more machines 
transparently acting as www or tile, or both. I can help set it up if 
need be.

What do the people running the servers think?

Jono