2) Replication of Folders & Files on server in remote location.
- What is anybody using for File Replication among offices in a WAN ?
rsync works great for data replication
I also thouhgt rsync is a good option but reading a new AFP548
article it seems like there are issues using rsync as of compiled on
a osx server box.
I actually was considering the rsyncX solutions presented on
http://macenterprise.org
What version are u guys using for across network replication ?
rsync *is* the tool provided by MacEnterprise. It's companion Aqua
app is RsyncX.
3) VPN between offices
- Some IT have suggested Watchguard as a VPN and Firewall
hardware so that packets can be routed among offices without the
use of a vpn client.
That's exactly the way you want to do it. Since by definition of
your problem you are connecting networks, not machines, you want
the VPN operating at the network level. Since hosts go up and down,
and don't generally have hw acceleration for encryption, this also
favors the network level device.
Alternatively, if you are using IPv6 networking throughout, then
IPSec offers additional benefits (like validation of hosts) that is
more feature rich but probably unnecessary.
--
IPv6 would be nice but we are not using that at the moment.
Wanna bet?
Other than watchguard what other VPN's have u successfully used
across networks ?
A lot will depend on what you mean by VPN, it's not a thing but a bag
of screaming cats.
1) Our network is a mixed environment one, have u actually had a
positive experience with the hardware vpn at network level devices
between officesa and smb file services over vpn for excel or word
files ?
Done properly this is level 7 agnostic, unless you're dealing with
SSL based VPNs where you implicitly care. Still the data at level 7
still is agnostic, unless further prohibited bu content.
So concepts like "mixed environment" in this case either mean (a)
platform, in which case you're thinking is wooly, or (b) mixed
networks, in which case you're no longer talking IP, but something
like IPX.
When connecting /networks/ you ideally want to implement a network to
network VPN not a network to host VPN or host to host VPN, since you,
by definition, are trying to connect networks.
--
-dhan
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