Hi Guys,

Basically, I have the problem which I described here
http://forum.linode.com/viewtopic.php?p=43187#43187

I'm worry about availability of my website, that's why I propose to create new product Premium Linode Accounts.



Very simple....

On linode there are a lot of websites which are not critical (not so many users) and maybe many of them also in development stage.

Tomorrow one of your suppliers he.net is down and you spend time to up all the linodes, but give my website a priority as I'm ready to pay more and I host my website on a premium account. Turn it on in the first 1-2hrs, not after 4hrs. That's what I call priority/premium accounts.

Data centers are not supposed to go down often enough for this to be a concern -- and Fremont is the only one that breaks that rule.

If you want to avoid downtime due to data center power issues, you configure a high-availability setup with nodes in different data centers. Which does indeed lead to "premium" bills.

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Matt Nordhoff (aka Peng on IRC)

If power or connectivity is lost in a data center, the amount of time to get back online does not correspond to the amount of money you have paid. It is expected to be working all the time for everyone.

Seconded.

Linode provides standardized blocks of resources for you to set up any way you like. It's do-it-yourself all the way. If you want premium reliability, you just create your own geographically redundant server farm using multiple blocks of resources.

I know it's out of line with the spirit of the original post, but I have to say I have always considered ANY Linode account to be a "Premium" account if for no other reason than the outstanding reliability and support. I see little reason for any changes, and I can't see Linode cutting corners and offering subpar service to anyone so long as it is within their control. As previously mentioned, there are ways to address the OP's concerns without making any changes to current Linode structure.

The only other name for what's being asked is a Linode failover system. In that case, I may as well just get another Linode and use a DNS that supports failover, and there are free DNS systems that support failover, and I'm sure some registrars have a failover system built in to their DNS.

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Kris the Piki Geeker

...That raises the possibility of *Linode* offering a DNS failover service...

Edit: Although you could do it yourself with the API. It would just be trickier to make it reliable.

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Matt Nordhoff (aka Peng on IRC)

Would be nice if they did, but I doubt they would charge for it since other DNS providers offer it for free.

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Kris the Piki Geeker

I found an IP Failover option outside the DNS (Linode Manager -> <profile name> -> Remote Access, near top next to Public IPs). On mine, it's crossed out and non-clickable since I only have one IP. Can this achieve the same effect? (judging by the name, I'd guess yes)

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Kris the Piki Geeker

In our environment, you can not share/fail over an IP to a different datacenter.