This is an useful work about a critical subject in healthcare information systems. As such I would recommend its reading.
"Server-Based Wide Area Data Replication for Disaster Recovery .../... This diploma thesis has been created during the eighth and last term of my studies from March to June 2004 at the University of Applied Sciences Hagenberg, Fachhochschule degree programme âComputer- and Media Securityâ .../... This diploma thesis discusses various solutions that can be used for server based data replication. Server-based means that the replication is initiated by the server itself. As the title already lets assume, the solutions should be suited for disaster recovery purposes. Thus the replication usually has to take place over wide area networks. Three open source and four commercial solutions that can be used for that purpose are discussed. To gain experience with the available solutions a real wide area data replication scenario using DRBD and a simulated scenario using IBMâs Geographic Remote Mirror software have been set up. Based on the practical experiences made and on further reading, various requirements for data replication have been defined."
This document may be downloaded from: http://linuxha.trick.ca/_cache/da.pdf
J. Antas
