Data Replication

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Atxa

Hello,

I have 2 server (Win 2k Server SP4) 1 primary and 1 secondary, the
replication of users and groups works well.

I need to know how to replicate the second partition of the hard disk
from 1 server to the other,
this second partition contain 15 Gb of data (Excel files, customer info,
pay roll ...) and there's a lot of share and
NTFS security on differents files and folders.

Thank you !
 
if you just need to move the datas, just make a backup of the files and
restore it on the other server .. if you need replication you can try with
DFS, but from my personal experience it's not something very reliable.
 
Andrei said:
if you just need to move the datas, just make a backup of the files and
restore it on the other server .. if you need replication you can try with
DFS, but from my personal experience it's not something very reliable.
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Thank you, I'll check for information about DFS.
 
Atxa said:
Hello,

I have 2 server (Win 2k Server SP4) 1 primary and 1 secondary, the
replication of users and groups works well.

I need to know how to replicate the second partition of the hard disk
from 1 server to the other,
this second partition contain 15 Gb of data (Excel files, customer info,
pay roll ...) and there's a lot of share and
NTFS security on differents files and folders.

Thank you !
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If you only want to replicate the data once then the best way is to back
up the data to tape and restore it to the other server maintaining the
security permissions when you do so.

If you want ongoing replication then you can use DFS to replicate shares
between two servers. If you previously accessed the data on a share
called Public on a server called SERVER1 then you would use
\\server1\public to access the files. Once you set up to DFS to
replicate the share between the two servers, you would then access the
files using \\domain.local\public assuming your domain name was called
domain.local. You would then be redirected to either server1 or server2
depending on your network and AD setup.

Hope that helps.
 
I have 2 server (Win 2k Server SP4) 1 primary and 1 secondary, the
replication of users and groups works well.

I need to know how to replicate the second partition of the hard disk
from 1 server to the other,
this second partition contain 15 Gb of data (Excel files, customer info,
pay roll ...) and there's a lot of share and
NTFS security on differents files and folders.
Click to expand...

Have a look at ROBOCOPY, especially version Version XP010. It is the
tool of choice for one-off or regularly scheduled replication in a batch
file.

For a more polished (and much more expensive) approach to continuous
replication, see Legato Replistor, NSI Double-Take, and many others;
search the Internet for "file replication".

I don't think Windows' built-in FRS or DFS are suited.
 
As you've probably gathered from others' posts, Dfs isn't suited for data
that frequently changes. Dfs uses FRS to replicate, and as such isn't
suitable for large files either. If you had a 1GB .pst that changed, the
entire file's replicated - not the change...


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Andrei said:
if you just need to move the datas, just make a backup of the files and
restore it on the other server .. if you need replication you can try with
DFS, but from my personal experience it's not something very reliable.
Click to expand...

Thank you, I'll check for information about DFS.
 
ptwilliams said:
As you've probably gathered from others' posts, Dfs isn't suited for data
that frequently changes. Dfs uses FRS to replicate, and as such isn't
suitable for large files either. If you had a 1GB .pst that changed, the
entire file's replicated - not the change...
Click to expand...

Hello,

I need to have 2 identical server, so if one failed the people will use
the other one. How can I do that with Windows 2000 Server or what
enterprise use to do that.

My network = 2 servers (Win 2k server sp4 AD) with 22 Win XP Pro
workstation. I have to replicate 15 Gb of data between primary to the
secondary server.

Thank you !
 
Hello,

I need to have 2 identical server, so if one failed the people will use
the other one. How can I do that with Windows 2000 Server or what
enterprise use to do that.

My network = 2 servers (Win 2k server sp4 AD) with 22 Win XP Pro
workstation. I have to replicate 15 Gb of data between primary to the
secondary server.

Thank you !
Click to expand...

well, AD with both as global catalogues ... and id use 3rd party file
replication software to mirror the data you want replicated.

i would just leave the logon script pointing folk at data on server1 and
if server1 failed and needed them using that data id reset logon script
to point to server 2 wheres its mirrored, depends how critical it is and
uptime requirements, budget, etc

ive been testing vice versa for a few weeks - i have it mirroring the
data on 1 file server to a second server on a schedule each night, i
dont need any more than this but im sure it offers many more options -
at the moment its working fine with about 3.5gb of test data, download a
trial from http://www.tgrmn.com/

theres plenty of software out there for this sort of thing, i havent
used any others to compare this one to but its doing what i want it to
at the moment without issue.
 
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