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Bill_Rodger_134
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Oct 02, 2013
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Using IP's in a DNS worrld of GTM's

I have a unique problem which I can't imagine not being solved some where. I have a bunch of imaging systems that can only send to an IP Address. These are fairly common legacy systems that are very ...
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  • Jason_40733's avatar
    Jason_40733
    Oct 02, 2013

    If I understand this correctly, the goal is to get your imaging servers which ONLY use IP addresses to redirect to a datacenter that is operable if their primary choice is down.

     

    A GTM would not help in this scenario unless your imaging systems do a DNS lookup, which it sounds like they don't.

     

    These things can be done with multicast. We do it with several services across the country. It involves network setup and other things.

     

    Jason

     

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Jason_40733
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Oct 02, 2013

If I understand this correctly, the goal is to get your imaging servers which ONLY use IP addresses to redirect to a datacenter that is operable if their primary choice is down.

 

A GTM would not help in this scenario unless your imaging systems do a DNS lookup, which it sounds like they don't.

 

These things can be done with multicast. We do it with several services across the country. It involves network setup and other things.

 

Jason