I use managed DNS, so in the case of a server failure, I can switch from one server to another, almost instantly, by simply changing the IP address in my 2 managed DNS accounts. (I use two in case one goes down).
This may sound a bit paranoid to some, but I have lost a lot of traffic and money due to server failures. I don't want this kind of thing to happen again.
My question is about the slave db settings in vbulletin, can I simply add the settings for my backup db in there, in order to connect externally to my backup database (which is on a different server)?
Would this have any negative performance impacts on my site?
Or would it be better to just use an external application to sync the db's every so often?
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