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["GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing" <>]

What database do you use and how do you make sure the disaster recovery 
instance is in synch with the 'live' database?

Gary

--On 13 May 2009 12:37 +0100 Gabby Capitanchik 
<> wrote:

> Sorry, my reply wasn't as clear as it should have been. All databases and
> applications are co-located.
>
> cheers
>
> Gabby
>
> GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing wrote:
> > What do you currently do with databases?
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > --On 13 May 2009 11:57 +0100 Gabby Capitanchik
> > <>
> >  wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > All of our application/system are co-located for disaster recovery
> > > reasons. So we'd probably have to look at creating something to allow
> > > Grouper to be clustered.
> > >
> > > We are looking to a provisioning system that will map groups to
> > > services. For example, group A may have access to AD supported services
> > > and our Central Wiki service but may not have access to Student,
> > > related, services.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Gabby
> > >
> > > GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing wrote:
> > > > Gabby,
> > > >
> > > > I'm afraid not.
> > > >
> > > > Are you concerned with database availability or UI/WS? Are you planning
> > > > for consumer applications to access grouper directly or do you plan to
> > > > provision groups to LDAP  / Active Directory?
> > > >
> > > > Gary
> > > >
> > > > --On 13 May 2009 11:11 +0100 Gabby Capitanchik
> > > > <>
> > > >  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Gary,
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for your reply, I don't suppose you are aware of any other
> > > > > users of Grouper who have looked into clustering Grouper?
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers
> > > > >
> > > > > Gabby
> > > > >
> > > > > GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing wrote:
> > > > > > Hi Gabby,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > There is no clustering at present. All data is held in a central
> > > > > > database so database specific synchronisation / clustering / failover
> > > > > > techniques can be used to ensure high availability.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The API (and UI and Web service components) can be installed on
> > > > > > multiple machines. The UI and WS can be load balanced (sticky
> > > > > > sessions).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We are currently working on 'notifications' and improved provisioning
> > > > > > capabilities so it may become possible to propagate changes from one
> > > > > > Grouper instance to another, though additional work might be needed
> > > > > > to ensure that IDs were propagated appropriately.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Gary
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --On 12 May 2009 11:20 +0100 Gabby Capitanchik
> > > > > > <>
> > > > > >  wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I was wondering if it was possible to deploy Grouper across multiple
> > > > > > > servers to allow for fail over. If Grouper was deployed in that what
> > > > > > > would be the best way to replicate groups and group memberships and
> > > > > > > any changes to those.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Cheers
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Gabby Capitanchik
> > > > > > >
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> > > > > >
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