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Paul Hinett
Asked: 2010-02-21 12:25:10 +0800 CST

File replication between 2 Windows servers

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I currently have 2 dedicated servers, both running Windows Server 2003.

The first server is being used as a web server simply to handle large file uploads, averaging about 130 files per day each at around 100MB in size.

The second server is there as a backup server in case anything goes wrong with the first one.

I need some software to perform file replication. Each file that's uploaded to server 1 needs to be replicated over to the backup server, right at the time of upload.

I haven't got bucket loads of cash to spend unfortunately so I'm looking for a cheap & reliable option.

Does anyone have any ideas?

backup windows-server-2003 replication

2 Answers

  1. Would DFS be an option?

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  2. Best Answer

    You can run robocopy with the monitor option. This would detect any new files on server 1 and copy them to server 2.

    The Job and Monitoring Options of RoboCopy

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