Navneet Karnani wrote:
We are working with multi-branch set up in our clients offices. We have 1 mbps triband lines connecting each of the branches. Even with that, and with ssh tunneling set up, we find the set up a problem. I suspect the 64kb line is going to be a source of frustration in client server arch environment.
Wow !! you got to be doing some very heavy stuff over those links. Are you replicating the databases on all the locations ?
No, but we have 6 accountants, plus another 8 ops guys using the software though remote desktop. The software is sitting in a windows 2003 server people are connecting to it from 4 offices through a linux proxy server.
This requirement of multi-branches would mean that the app would need to work with a master-client kind of architecture so that each site can contain only restricted data as well as centralized reporting be feasible.
Web based system allows you to work with less load.
If we do have a broadband kind of setup, is the idea of setting up a dyndns based hosting an option ? It works even over dialups, though not very reliable if the connection is flaky.
We use dyndns to connect various offices to the HO. But the 1 mbps connection is shared with mail, internet access and also all 4 branches coming in to the HO creates a constraints at times.
A web based interface should serve well in this case, or even a web-service based one.
- Navneet