Hi,
You haven't said anything about your hardware platform, but could you run one of them on non-UPS power? Then you'd still have one online when (*not* if) the UPS fails, and also they'll both normally be online for maintenance, syspatch, config changes etc
I do recall installing a pair of identical servers at the same time and having them both fail a year later within an hour of each other, both with seized CPU fans, so I am somewhat sympathetic to your idea. But I think the practical cost of maintenance may be rather high
John
On Sat, 25 Sep 2021, at 08:13, Don Tek 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?
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