Could be anything up to entire big applications. Doing a rollout at such a distributed site with actual engineers running around with a disc is a real pain for this client, so we're trying to leverage the Internet as much as possible.
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > Drop box runs within the user process. How big or how many data files are > you dealing with, though? Only the changed bits are transmitted, so the > sync process for Dropbox is very quick. > > > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Durf <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Interesting - I'll look into that more. >> >> Thanks for all your input while I was struggling through the snow, all. >> >> The client is a property management firm, and the quality and equipment >> available at each site...varies widely. These are small rental offices and >> apartment complexes and so forth, connected by VPN to home base, and most of >> their apps are web-based, so the site bandwidth also tends to be low. >> >> Anything that runs under a user profile (Dropbox, Windows Live) can't >> necessarily be counted upon, as access to a particular desktop is spotty at >> any given time. We use Kaseya for management, so I'm looking to maximize >> that with a scriptable solution that doesn't require anything to be running >> in userland. >> >> Do Dropbox or Live Sync run a true background sync as a service, or does >> the sync run as a user process? I can set them up under a service account, >> but if they require the profile to be logged in to sync I'd be out of luck. >> >> They are starting to pick up Windows 7 though, so BranchCache may be an >> option for some sites. We're pushing for a cheap LinkStation at each site, >> but purchases unfortunately require approval from each site manager, as the >> property management company doesn't technically "own" each site, just >> manages it. >> >> Thanks all! >> >> -- Durf >> >> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 3:49 PM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I believe Win7 offers this sans server side requirement. >>> >>> >>> >>> “ BranchCache caches content from remote file and Web servers in the >>> branch location so that users can more quickly access this information. The >>> cache can be hosted centrally on a server in the branch location, or can be >>> distributed across user PCs.” >>> >>> >>> >>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd573290 >>> >>> >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 01, 2011 12:32 PM >>> >>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >>> *Subject:* Re: File distribution with local peer to peer feature? >>> >>> >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> ~ 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 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> -------------- >> Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. >> Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks! >> >> ~ 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 > -- -------------- Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. 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