Friday, September 24, 2021

Re: CARP Cold Spare

> On Sep 24, 2021, at 6:16 PM, Don Tek <dontek@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Would there be any 'problem' with configuring a 2-machine CARP setup and then just keeping one machine powered-off until needed?
>
> I realize this defeats live failover, but this is not a requirement for my customer.
>
> I just want them to be able to, in the event of a primary machine failure, power-on the secondary and have it take over. Logic here is to otherwise not have the secondary sucking power off the UPS's in the event of a power failure, or in general.
>
> Legit?
>

Sounds legit to me. Let's you share the IP safely and easily, up or down.

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