Dear John, >> I want to mirror a Centos box, not having done this before, I'm looking >> for guidance. >> >> What is the best way to perform this task, I have a running webserver, a >> single external IP address to the website, and wanted to protect myself >> should the server go down. My though would be a mirror of that >> webserver, running in background, if the main server dies, then just >> move the mirror in place, change the IP and go on... Limiting down time... You may also find some useful information on the wiki: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos Best Regards Marcus