auto-backup across the net

[Kari Chisholm]

Chris & Randal--

That's right: I'm building it in Perl myself.  The database size is
actually quite small, but it's still mission-critical.  

Basically, it's a large stack of tiny little flatfiles.  If I could
write a script (called by cron) to look for all files that have
changed, and then deliver them to someplace across the net - well,
that'd be perfect.

-kari.


Chris Dawson wrote:
> 
> I've not looked heavily into it, but I know MySQL supports replication,
> which might be what you need.  This seems like a DB issue rather than a
> programming issue.  So, I would look into documentation for MySQL or
> Oracle or whatever database it is you are using before trying to write
> something like this in Perl.
> 
> http://www.mysql.com/doc/R/e/Replication_Intro.html
> 
> You are using a database, right?  If you are creating your own database
> using perl scripts, well, then I guess it is a perl issue.  :)
> 
> Chris
> 
> Kari Chisholm wrote:
> > Friends--
> >
> > Here's the situation.  I'm building a mission-critical web-based
> > database.  It's hosted on a server at, say,
> > http://www.serverone.foo/bigdata.cgi.
> >
> > If that server goes down, even for an hour, I want to be able to
> > immediately tell my clients to switch to another server (at another
> > location) at, say, http://www.servertwo.foo/bigdata.cgi.
> >
> > In order to accomplish this kind of seamless transition, I need to
> > ensure that data is backed up across the net in more-or-less real time
> > - perhaps, every 5 minutes we ship changes to the data across the net.
> >
> > Is there an obvious solution or technology that I should be thinking
> > of?  I'm almost exclusively a Perl guy, so solutions with Perl are a
> > good thing, but I'm open to other thoughts...
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -kari.
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> 
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