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Re: Disaster Recovery
On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, William J. Kammerer wrote:
> This thread got me to thinking: perhaps one advantage of direct
> point-to-point EDIINT software is that you don't have to worry about the
> availability of a particular intermediary like a VAN. Since you only
> have to ensure the redundancy of your own internet connection - which in
> a pinch can be replaced by any other commodity internet connection
> (including dial-up!) - isn't that enough to guarantee connections in
> case of a disaster?
Yes, give or take the feature that I would guess in the vast majority of
cases, everthing including the telephone is susceptible to a over eager
backhoe. Real path diversity is a hard thing to ensure.
> But like most times I get to thinking, I get myself all wound up in
> knots. Wouldn't you have had to notify all your trading partners,
> somehow, of your alternate IP address - ahead of time? How's that done?
> Do EDIINT software packages provide for alternate IP addresses within
> trading partner directories?
Do people really hardwire IP addresses into EDI-INT software? Thats the
whole point of the DNS system. It's designed to be distributed and
redundant, with automatic updates.
Joe Matuscak
Rohrer Corporation
717 Seville Road
Wadsworth, Ohio 44281
(330)335-1541
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