# Faster failover to backup server

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/faster-failover-to-backup-server/5405>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 12, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/faster-failover-to-backup-server/5405 "2012-11-12T18:51:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jdana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c89c15/32.png) [@jdana](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jdana)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/faster-failover-to-backup-server/5405/1 "2012-11-12T18:51:07Z")

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It typically takes about 15 seconds to failover to the backup server. For a realtime application, failover in one or two seconds is desirable.

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**Author:** ![Colby.Clegg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/colby.clegg/32/3282_2.png) [@Colby.Clegg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Colby.Clegg)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/faster-failover-to-backup-server/5405/2 "2012-11-13T16:27:05Z")

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Hi,

What are you current settings for ping rate and failover time? Also, are you using cold or warm mode for the backup? 15 seconds seems a tad long, though I definitely think it’s a valid feature request to work on making the system faster to failover with fewer false triggers.

Regards,