Hosting a site on 2 servers

[cobbieffo]

Lately i have all kinds of problems with my hosting (server down, mysql not working,etc) .I was wondering if i could have 2 servers where i can host my sites and setup DNS so that when a server is down the other could take over .Can this be done ?
Thanks for your help, guys

[schwa]

How could a server just be down suddenly as you say? I don't think you need worry about this!

[HenryWilson]

You cannot host a single domain in 2 servers. Better you host a website based on the server performance.

[barry.wilson]

No. DNS will differ for two servers. Better register two domains and point from one to another.

[James-A]

Mirroring solution would be the ideal solution for your problems. In Mirroring solution, a website is hosted on 2 servers. One is Master server and 2nd is the Slave server. Same data is replicated in real time from Master onto Slave server. So incase the Master server goes down, the Slave server becomes active immediately and the website will be accessible from the slave server. So in this way your website will be hosted on 2 servers and you will get a 100% Guaranteed Uptime in Mirroring setup.