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Need help to effectively synchronize 3 machines (XP pro, 2000 pro and
98SE) with 3 different FTP Servers (Titan, Raiden and Serv U)
Each machines has about 15 Gigabytes in total of 300,000 15k to 900k
TIFF files spanning 15 levels of 6000 folders. Servers are connected
by broadband, upload transfer rate is 640K on 2 Servers and 4000K on 1
server.
100 to 200 new files are added in each server daily and not much files
are modified (10 to 30 in total maybe)
We are using WS_ftp synchronize utility performing Server A to B sync
(3 hours) then A to C sync (3 hours) and A to B again (3 hours) to make
the files identical. That is a full day job. And most of the time is
used for
scanning and comparing files.
We can't schedule the job because the synchronization halt from time to
time. We need to reboot the FTP server or the client and start the
task again. I doubt it is caused by the large number of files with
small size, we tried to synchronize 4 DVD movies between 3 servers and
the whole process finished in half the time needed and never halt.
Recently the synchronization is getting slower and those non technical
staffs (those who created 6000 folders) are complaining.
I have tried Availl replicate from Availl.com, but it doesn't seem to
operate well for such a large number of files.
tried Syncback from 2brightsparks, replicate locally is great, but
across ftp doesn't get the job done.
tried remote control each server and backup newly added files but there
are so many files with identical name from different folders. I am
unable to put them back to the correct folders.
Have Googled and found suggestion like wget, TftpSync, FTPsync and
robocopy. Do these work? We don't have a domain controller, server
class operating system, BSD or Linux. Redesign the directory
structure, converting small TIFF to BIG PDF or multi-tiff is not
possible.
In summary, I want to look for a file synchronizing or mirroring
Windows software that doesn't need to scan through all the files
before synchronize. The objective is to have a file added in office C
be available to office A in minutes, and three offices need to have the
same set of data at any time. Is there such a solution?
PS. wondering why I provide so much detail? Because I am waiting for
the last synchronize to finish. 88% Done
Need help to effectively synchronize 3 machines (XP pro, 2000 pro and
98SE) with 3 different FTP Servers (Titan, Raiden and Serv U)
Each machines has about 15 Gigabytes in total of 300,000 15k to 900k
TIFF files spanning 15 levels of 6000 folders. Servers are connected
by broadband, upload transfer rate is 640K on 2 Servers and 4000K on 1
server.
100 to 200 new files are added in each server daily and not much files
are modified (10 to 30 in total maybe)
We are using WS_ftp synchronize utility performing Server A to B sync
(3 hours) then A to C sync (3 hours) and A to B again (3 hours) to make
the files identical. That is a full day job. And most of the time is
used for
scanning and comparing files.
We can't schedule the job because the synchronization halt from time to
time. We need to reboot the FTP server or the client and start the
task again. I doubt it is caused by the large number of files with
small size, we tried to synchronize 4 DVD movies between 3 servers and
the whole process finished in half the time needed and never halt.
Recently the synchronization is getting slower and those non technical
staffs (those who created 6000 folders) are complaining.
I have tried Availl replicate from Availl.com, but it doesn't seem to
operate well for such a large number of files.
tried Syncback from 2brightsparks, replicate locally is great, but
across ftp doesn't get the job done.
tried remote control each server and backup newly added files but there
are so many files with identical name from different folders. I am
unable to put them back to the correct folders.
Have Googled and found suggestion like wget, TftpSync, FTPsync and
robocopy. Do these work? We don't have a domain controller, server
class operating system, BSD or Linux. Redesign the directory
structure, converting small TIFF to BIG PDF or multi-tiff is not
possible.
In summary, I want to look for a file synchronizing or mirroring
Windows software that doesn't need to scan through all the files
before synchronize. The objective is to have a file added in office C
be available to office A in minutes, and three offices need to have the
same set of data at any time. Is there such a solution?
PS. wondering why I provide so much detail? Because I am waiting for
the last synchronize to finish. 88% Done