You need an equally redundant shared disk. Might be a shared SCSI array (SPoF), NAS with mirroring/failover, a SAN, or maybe something else. But syncing multiple servers' local disks is definitely not the way to go.
cheers, barneyb On 8/30/05, Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For those of you that have multiple servers, how do you keep your content > synchronized? Short of having a separate server where everything is stored > and accessing everything through the network (such as a NAS, which would > introduce a single point of failure), how do you guys keep your content > synchronized. We have things where clients upload images, videos, etc, and > we'd like it to be instantly or almost instantly synced. > > On the old servers we've been using ViceVersa, and I've used rsync to > replicate things between a windows and a linux server, but they get a bit > slow when there is a lot of content. It would be nice if there was a way to > have a network share, but when you update data in it, it updates it on 2 > servers simultaneously, thus eliminating the single point of failure. > > Russ > > -- Barney Boisvert [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.319.6145 http://www.barneyb.com/ Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:216892 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
