Synchronizing

I have two servers in two different locations and would
like a good way of synchronizing files between those two
servers without using a point to point connection. Any ideas?

What other kinds of connections are there?
I think point-to-point is "it" unless they are on the same physical LAN.

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Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com


"Damon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:539901c47415$7b437450$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have two servers in two different locations and would
> like a good way of synchronizing files between those two
> servers without using a point to point connection. Any ideas?

Try Taking a look at these a products:

-NSI Doubletake
-Veritas Volume Replicator (require's volume manager)

Both are capable of operating via IP and therefore through your VPN.


"Damon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:539901c47415$7b437450$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have two servers in two different locations and would
> like a good way of synchronizing files between those two
> servers without using a point to point connection. Any ideas?

True, but VPN is a point-to-point !

"Banjo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> Try Taking a look at these a products:
>
> -NSI Doubletake
> -Veritas Volume Replicator (require's volume manager)
>
> Both are capable of operating via IP and therefore through your VPN.
>
>
> "Damon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:539901c47415$7b437450$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have two servers in two different locations and would
> > like a good way of synchronizing files between those two
> > servers without using a point to point connection. Any ideas?
>
>

No - in common parlance, point to point is a leased line. VPN is an
encrypted tunnel over an Internet connection.

Bill Grant wrote:
> True, but VPN is a point-to-point !
>
> "Banjo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Try Taking a look at these a products:
>>
>> -NSI Doubletake
>> -Veritas Volume Replicator (require's volume manager)
>>
>> Both are capable of operating via IP and therefore through your VPN.
>>
>>
>> "Damon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:539901c47415$7b437450$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> I have two servers in two different locations and would
>>> like a good way of synchronizing files between those two
>>> servers without using a point to point connection. Any ideas?

VPN uses PPTP which is "Point-to-Point-Tunneling-Protocol" so VPN is a point
to point connection.

The opposite of that is Ethernet where every host sees every packet on the
"wire", but Switches throw a wrench into that concept by making the
connection between two hosts a "logical" point-to-point by directing the
packets based on the MAC.


--

Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<(E-Mail Removed) ahoo.com> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> No - in common parlance, point to point is a leased line. VPN is an
> encrypted tunnel over an Internet connection.
>
> Bill Grant wrote:
> > True, but VPN is a point-to-point !
> >
> > "Banjo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Try Taking a look at these a products:
> >>
> >> -NSI Doubletake
> >> -Veritas Volume Replicator (require's volume manager)
> >>
> >> Both are capable of operating via IP and therefore through your VPN.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Damon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:539901c47415$7b437450$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>> I have two servers in two different locations and would
> >>> like a good way of synchronizing files between those two
> >>> servers without using a point to point connection. Any ideas?
>
>

Phillip Windell wrote:
> VPN uses PPTP which is "Point-to-Point-Tunneling-Protocol" so VPN is
> a point to point connection.

Eh.... I think we're getting bogged down in some semantics here. The
Internet is a big ole switched network.

>
> The opposite of that is Ethernet where every host sees every packet
> on the "wire", but Switches throw a wrench into that concept by
> making the connection between two hosts a "logical" point-to-point by
> directing the packets based on the MAC.
>
>
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <(E-Mail Removed) ahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> No - in common parlance, point to point is a leased line. VPN is an
>> encrypted tunnel over an Internet connection.
>>
>> Bill Grant wrote:
>>> True, but VPN is a point-to-point !
>>>
>>> "Banjo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Try Taking a look at these a products:
>>>>
>>>> -NSI Doubletake
>>>> -Veritas Volume Replicator (require's volume manager)
>>>>
>>>> Both are capable of operating via IP and therefore through your
>>>> VPN.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Damon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>> news:539901c47415$7b437450$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>> I have two servers in two different locations and would
>>>>> like a good way of synchronizing files between those two
>>>>> servers without using a point to point connection. Any ideas?

Maybe, but a point to point connection remains a point to point, no
matter what the medium. It is the basic nature of how it works - what goes
in one end comes out the other.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<(E-Mail Removed) ahoo.com> wrote in message
news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> Phillip Windell wrote:
> > VPN uses PPTP which is "Point-to-Point-Tunneling-Protocol" so VPN is
> > a point to point connection.
>
> Eh.... I think we're getting bogged down in some semantics here. The
> Internet is a big ole switched network.
>
> >
> > The opposite of that is Ethernet where every host sees every packet
> > on the "wire", but Switches throw a wrench into that concept by
> > making the connection between two hosts a "logical" point-to-point by
> > directing the packets based on the MAC.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> > <(E-Mail Removed) ahoo.com> wrote in
> > message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> No - in common parlance, point to point is a leased line. VPN is an
> >> encrypted tunnel over an Internet connection.
> >>
> >> Bill Grant wrote:
> >>> True, but VPN is a point-to-point !
> >>>
> >>> "Banjo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >>> news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>>> Try Taking a look at these a products:
> >>>>
> >>>> -NSI Doubletake
> >>>> -Veritas Volume Replicator (require's volume manager)
> >>>>
> >>>> Both are capable of operating via IP and therefore through your
> >>>> VPN.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> "Damon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >>>> news:539901c47415$7b437450$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>>>> I have two servers in two different locations and would
> >>>>> like a good way of synchronizing files between those two
> >>>>> servers without using a point to point connection. Any ideas?
>
>

Exactly, and it doesn't go anywhere else but those two points. That why
Ethernet is the effective "opposite" of point-to-point because every packet
"in the wire" visits every Host (barring the use of Switches).

"Bill Grant" <not.available@online> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Maybe, but a point to point connection remains a point to point, no
> matter what the medium. It is the basic nature of how it works - what goes
> in one end comes out the other.
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <(E-Mail Removed) ahoo.com> wrote in > >
Eh.... I think we're getting bogged down in some semantics here. The
> > Internet is a big ole switched network.

Not trying to get bogged down in anything,...it is just conversation.
Unlike someone we both met in one other group,...we can have conversations
here. ;-)

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Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com