Yes, I've seen your knowledgebase... :-) On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote:
> For that many sites, I'd like something else handle all the replication > rather than scripts. > > And I really like scripting. > > > *ASB *(My Bio via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) > *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* > > * > * > > > > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 12:12 PM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Or… Robocopy and scheduled tasks. >> >> >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 01, 2011 9:03 AM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: File distribution with local peer to peer feature? >> >> >> >> Why not just get a cheap NAS for each location? >> >> >> >> If that seems to cost prohibitive for 50+ locations, why not install >> Windows Live Sync (or DropBox, etc) on each of the machines under the same >> account? All files would be transfered to ALL sites whenever you put it on >> a single machine. >> >> >> >> *ASB *(My Bio via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) >> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Durf <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all; >> >> >> >> I have a client who has multiple (50+) small sites with 2-10 PC's at each >> site, most with no network file storage. So far I have been distributing >> small files to each site using FTP from their central webserver, and that >> has been working fine for small files. We're now investigating staging >> larger files to these sites (100MB+, thanks Windows Live!) and utilizing a >> cloud-based file depot for that purpose (Sharefile in this case). >> >> >> >> To minimize costs, I'd like if possible to utilize some sort of >> peer-to-peer sync. In an ideal world, I would only download one copy of the >> file to one machine at a given site, and the other machines would then look >> to the peer "file server" for the file. In my ideal, the "file server" >> would also be automagically selected, to prevent having to manually >> designate a machine that may or may not be online at a given time. >> >> >> >> Does anyone know of a script or utility that would assist in this? The >> process would be something like: >> >> >> >> 1. Site receives request to sync FOO.EXE >> >> 2. Check local peers to see if a copy of FOO.EXE is present on the local >> network. >> >> 3. If yes, copy file from local peers. >> >> 4. If no, a file server is "elected" and downloads the file. >> >> 5. Remaining machines at site sync from the elected file server. >> >> >> >> BitTorrent would be an ideal solution, but we can't it for political and >> technical reasons. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Durf >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
