We're in a hosted environment, so something like a SCSI array, a NAS or a SAN are out of the question. Aren't there any cheaper software based alternatives? I've just been reading, and it looks like there are clustering services for windows, which might do what we need, but we have to get Windows Advanced Server, which is probably not an option. DFS might work, but I'm still reading up on that (if anyone has any ideas about how to configure DFS to make it work, I'm all ears...)
-----Original Message----- From: Barney Boisvert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 4:48 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: keeping servers synchronized 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:216898 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
