Doesn't sound like he's using any servers, though...
*ASB *(My Bio via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Brian Desmond <[email protected]>wrote: > *This sounds exactly like the description of the BranchCache feature in > Win7/2008R2…* > > * * > > *Thanks,* > > *Brian Desmond* > > *[email protected]* > > * * > > *w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132* > > * * > > *From:* Durf [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 01, 2011 9:17 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* File distribution with local peer to peer feature? > > > > 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
