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Old host is having issues with cPanel and Apache. cPanel is removing the entry for my domain some how from the httpd.conf file again and again. So, I moved (just the blog - karteek.selfdabba.com) to the new host.

I’m thinking about maintaining a mirror at http://karteek.mondayphobia.com which will reside on the old host. Need to take a look at xmlrpc of wordpress to do that. Guys, if you know any plugins that do mirroring, let me know before I start dirtying my hands with the code

I’ve spent another Satyam Cinemas ticket for hosting, this time, to a host which got older-but-stable versions of softwares. I’ve migrated database to this new one as well.

Guess what, this time, I’m trying yet-another-new-thing. Now, I’ve two hosting packages on two different hosts (didn’t waste much money, total cost is three tickets at Satyam Cinemas). My DNS management is done for free by ZoneEdit and it supports Round-robin DNS (A technique that enables a domain to be hosted on multiple servers, and to have the load balanced between them) So, I configured both servers to have my blog and one of the will be pointed by ZoneEdit’s DNS Servers when you request.

Reasons for this action

• I’ve no clue why I did this
• Let me see if I get to learn something new as I got so many new doubts right now while doing it
• First host is bad, I don’t know about second host. Atleast one of them will up to serve the blog

I’ve no clue for following questions

• How am I going to synchronize posts at both the servers ?
• Will DNS server point you to the second server automatically when the first server is down ?
• What exactly will be happening in the background at DNS server and my browser when I request a page ?

I’m sure that I’ll get more doubts and I’m more sure that I’m going to find answers for these questions. If you’ve answers for my questions, please let me know, otherwise, I will let you guys know when I find solutions

Lessions Learnt on Day 2

1. Don’t think that you are doing good by migrating your stuff to a non-free host - there is always a chance that you can go wrong.
2. Never buy Unlimited Everything Hosting Services which come for very less price. Be practical !!!
3. Never buy anything hosting on Ebay resellers unless you know the hosting service which they are using !!!

*Sigh* I did a mistake by choosing wrong host. Looks like the down time is a lot in the current host, and started googling about the current host. I got a good number of result telling me to run away from them.

Even though, my blog wouldn’t need 99.9% uptime, it is really annoying to see website getting timed out again and again. I’m very sorry for the downtime folks. I will try to find a better option ASAP.

PS : The brighter side of the problem is that I haven’t lost anything more than my budget for watching single movie at Satyam Cinemas for this hosting service
Update: The reseller who sold me the hosting package asked me to wait for a month before moving to another host. So, I would be giving random visits to the site to check whether its up or not. And guys, please let me know if you find this down.