I presently service a site running a critical mission environment. The site consists of Windows NT4.0 Advanced Server/RAID5/tape backup and numerous workstations running W98SE with connectivity via 10/100 switch. This site will be upgrading to WIndows 2003 Server and XP Pro workstations in the near future.
However, I am looking for a means of creating an automatic synchroniztion of specific directories which reside on the server with a copy of those same directories on one of the workstations. These specific directories contain dbf files which are continually accessed by the workstations in a POS system environment. The system presently does automatic daily Full and incremental tape backups which provide me with a restore ability on the server.
However, I would like to implement an additional method in the event of a catastrophy. My goal is having a realtime up-to-the-minute copy of these dbf files on a workstation in the event of a disaster with the server. If the server goes down a tape restore would not be possible. This would provide me the ability to instantly repath the workstations to the station with the duplicate copy, allowing it to act as a temporary server, and continue functioning while the server is being restored.
Any suggestions?