Navneet Karnani wrote:
We are working with multi-branch set up in our clients offices. We have
1 mbps triband lines connecting each of the branches. Even with that,
and with ssh tunneling set up, we find the set up a problem.
I suspect the 64kb line is going to be a source of frustration in client
server arch environment.
Wow !! you got to be doing some very heavy stuff over those links. Are
you
replicating the databases on all the locations ?
No, but we have 6 accountants, plus another 8 ops guys using the
software though remote desktop. The software is sitting in a windows
2003 server people are connecting to it from 4 offices through a linux
proxy server.
This requirement of multi-branches would mean that the app would need to
work with a master-client kind of architecture so that each site can
contain
only restricted data as well as centralized reporting be feasible.
Web based system allows you to work with less load.
If we do have a broadband kind of setup, is the idea of setting up a
dyndns
based hosting an option ? It works even over dialups, though not very
reliable if the connection is flaky.
We use dyndns to connect various offices to the HO. But the 1 mbps
connection is shared with mail, internet access and also all 4 branches
coming in to the HO creates a constraints at times.
A web based interface should serve well in this case, or even a
web-service
based one.
- Navneet
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