Re: Synchronizing two MySQL servers over slow network

2007-08-26 Thread Baron Schwartz
If you must manually sync, MySQL Table Sync is designed for efficient syncing over a slow network. http://mysqltoolkit.sourceforge.net/ It's still not finished, but I use it in production all the time. If there's any way you can possibly do this via replication, I would recommend you do that

Re: Synchronizing two MySQL servers over slow network

2007-08-26 Thread C K
Thank you very much. The VPN bandwidth will be 128/256 kbps. Also we have to make updates to both locations simultaneously and our application is provided with locking mechanism for updating records and resolving conflicts to update same record. Also please give the details about term active/activ

RE: Synchronizing two MySQL servers over slow network

2007-08-25 Thread Gary W. Smith
> for generating Statutory reports. Also cluster can not be a solution as > it > requires min. 100 MB network. Says who? But clustering won't help. You are looking for active/active, which could be accomplished but this would possibly lead to specific conflicts if people are trying to edit the s

Re: Synchronizing two MySQL servers over slow network

2007-08-25 Thread C K
We are using ODBC and Win Server 2K3. Also the database size is not so big ( i.e. upto 300 MB). The major problem is that both the databases at two servers will be same in structure and will be used by local group of users for daily operations. One of them must be treated as a MASTER for data. i.e.

Re: Synchronizing two MySQL servers over slow network

2007-08-25 Thread Craig Huffstetler
I would probably recommend replication. It's not that bad to setup and once it catches up on the slave then it will continue to be an easy sync in the future as long as both are running. How big is the database you wish to synchronize? What connection are both servers on? Is there anyway possible