You are trying to solve the problem on the wrong end, let windows do it for you - look into DFS http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/storage/dfs/default.mspx
If DFS is not an option, then you have a few choices: 1. As you mentioned, use a database of some sort (could be a flat file, web service, database table, etc) that maps a particular IP subnet to a file server. 2. The other option you mention, ping, might work as well, so long as you are using a large packet when you ping. See the docs for Net::Ping. The way we used to do this was to put our data share on domain controllers (because most every remote site had a domain controller). Client applications would then reference the share as %LOGONSERVER%\DATASHARE\... If your ActiveDirectory sites are properly defined, %LOGONSERVER will be the "closest" domain controller. From: activeperl-boun...@listserv.activestate.com [mailto:activeperl-boun...@listserv.activestate.com] On Behalf Of anthony.okusa...@usbank.com Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:20 PM To: activeperl@listserv.activestate.com Subject: Fastest Path Perl Guru's I greet you. I am putting together a script which I would be using to update Windows servers as part of a build process. I have multiple mirrored shares across my network My goal is to have this script run and determine the fastest/closest update share that it can use to download updates from Can you think of any modules that can help me with this ? As of now (design phase) I was thinking of the pseudocode 1. Launch script 2. query host for its IP 3a use static table to determine which is its best share (problem with this is I have to compile a list of IP network values and determine which share best servers which network) OR 3b. Ping each update server and return the one with the least number of hops or the one with the fastest response time. Any ideas would be appreciated. Tony B. Okusanya U.S. BANCORP made the following annotations --------------------------------------------------------------------- Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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