Failover Hosting (Multiple Hosts for 1 RO server)

[Talaysen]

Is it possible to share hosting between several servers (like failover service) so that, if one server goes offline, the other one can pick up service, to avoid downtime?

 

I've set up failover DNS for my website with multiple servers to ensure it's doesn't have downtime, and was wondering if it's possible to do the same for the RO server itself.

 

I wasn't sure if this would require multiple map servers, and how it would handle the login/char servers, or if it would even be possible to sync data between multiple map servers. (The goal would be to have all servers as an exact mirror of eachother, rather than separate environments).

 

My other concern with this (kind of hinges on 'if' everything is synced between each instance of the server), would be: What would happen if 'Server A' goes down, players log in to 'Server B', and then 'Server A' comes back up.
Players would be split across two servers..?

 

Just trying to see if something like that has ever been done before, or if it's even remotely feasible.

Thanks!

[Brian]

You can have multiple map-servers with some map(s) on each one, but I don't think there's any way to assign a map to multiple map-servers for failover.

[Talaysen]

Alright. I figured it was a stretch (the existing system didn't seem like it would be able to handle something like that),

I think I'm going to (in the near future) switch from my existing VPS to a dedicated server, will give me absolute control over the server's uptime/downtime.

Thanks for the reply, Brian.