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Entries from February 17th, 2009

Cloud computing scenario’s for database servers

February 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Down Time, hosting, MySQL, Performance, Replication

We’ve been investigating the possibilities of using cloud computing for our clients. Especially Amazon EC2 has the potential to be be really effective in offering flexible, pay-as-you-go computing. From my own perspective I have been looking at how to use cloud computing in combination with MySQL and I must say that I’m a bit sceptical [...]

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Cisco ASA 5505: Active/Standby Failover Configuration

February 17th, 2009 · 13 Comments · cisco, CLI, Security

The ASA 5505 is the smallest (and cheapest) solution from the current Cisco hardware security appliances. Still, if we have the proper software license (like Security Plus for example) we can use the ASA5505 to setup rather complex solutions. This post will show how we can setup a pair of ASA5505 in failover configuration, solution [...]

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