Comments on: Major Reliability Upgrade / Scheduled Downtime http://blog.nearlyfreespeech.net/2008/04/06/major-reliability-upgrade-scheduled-downtime/ A blog from the staff at NearlyFreeSpeech.NET. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:37:17 +0000 By: Daran http://blog.nearlyfreespeech.net/2008/04/06/major-reliability-upgrade-scheduled-downtime/#comment-5059 Daran Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:18:32 +0000 http://blog.nearlyfreespeech.net/2008/04/06/major-reliability-upgrade-scheduled-downtime/#comment-5059 This is very welcome news. However, I have a couple of questions: First, previous SPoF problems have been attributed to a "master file server". Is that no longer an issue? Second, the wording implies that you will still have a master DB server, but that this will no longer be a SPoF. Is that correct? <b>Each site has a file server, the headend of which is a SPOF, but there is no longer a "master file server" per se. The master database is technically still a SPOF, just not a service-impacting one. -jdw</b> This is very welcome news. However, I have a couple of questions:

First, previous SPoF problems have been attributed to a “master file server”. Is that no longer an issue?

Second, the wording implies that you will still have a master DB server, but that this will no longer be a SPoF. Is that correct?

Each site has a file server, the headend of which is a SPOF, but there is no longer a “master file server” per se. The master database is technically still a SPOF, just not a service-impacting one. -jdw

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