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Mark,
I had a similar problem before. The clustered app
servers need to read from a text file. I could simply make the file available on
all boxes. However, that could cause synchornization problems since the file
would be updated by users. Also, you have to make sure the paths to the file on
each box are the same. We put the file behind the web server instead and the
applications access it via a URL. Since it is a small file, we have no
performance issue here.
The key is to make a single entry to the file. URL
is just a workaround. Shared file system would be good. Sun provides a
global file system, which is a better solution. I am not aware of any
utilities that can sync files on the network.
Why database is a problem? Do the servers access
their local db instead of a global one?
Please let me know if you have any
questions.
Alan
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