This is a good point, but another thing to consider besides the software is also hardware. If you have the ability to connect the machines using gigabit ethernet cards, that could also substantially help the transfer rates if you are going to have a lot of data moving. Just a suggestion to keep in mind.
John Burns Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web Developer -----Original Message----- From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 6:37 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: keeping servers synchronized We use robocopy that run in the background on our web servers. A developer will upload files to a "staging" server and the web server will pull it from that "staging" server. Depending on how many files you have, this can synchronzie in just a matter of seconds or minutes. If you have 200 GB of files, well... -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Guill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 1:49 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: keeping servers synchronized I have used a command line utility called xxcopy before, just set it up in a batch file (heck you may even be able to use the event gateway) and run it periodically. Its really fast if you get it set up right. But im sure there are better ways to do this as well, just thought I would throw that out there. 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 > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:216973 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
