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  • From: "James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT freetds.org>
  • To: FreeTDS Development Group <freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [freetds] SQL Server 2005 Mirroring
  • Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:31:59 -0400

Beth Woods wrote:
>
> Our servers are mirrored so that if
> the primary goes down the mirror will automatically handle any new
> connections. How can I configure this with the freetds driver? What I
> basically need is an alternate server. I did not see that as an option
> for the configuration file.

Welcome to the project, Beth.

FreeTDS doesn't do any kind of failover. It follows DNS. In my work
environment, we have a CNAME DNS record that points to the primary. On
failure, that entry is changed to point to the secondary.

I think this kind of arrangement is fairly common.

HTH.

--jkl




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