Catalyst CIB

[Sandals512]

ah ha... I didn't think about it like that. I personally use a Mac mini as my FOH server, with VNC, and do the same as you described, so that would actualy be a smart way to do it.
i've never used chronosync, but that looks like a great tool, I think i'm going to download it now.
In your thinking (which is where I wasn't) that is a magnificent idea. Especially since I've now started bringing my G5 with me for content changes, I could simply run it on that FOH.

question: how fast does chronosync work when running 4 servers? decent?

[Mr_P]

chronosync is great - its as fast as your network... I use a Gigabit switch to connect everything, so theoretically faster than Firewire800??.

Obviously the first copy will be slow - but subsequent ones only update the changed content. It works by looking at either creation date, size, etc - quite a few configurable options. However, it doesnt always work if you replace a file with an 'older' version - which doesnt happen often.

Lots of options to set if reqd, depending upon your configuration. I set the scheduler to update every 10 mins. However, you can manually overide. Also set it only in one direction. So FOH becomes the master - all the others are an exact copy.

Obviously - remember to do a 'quick scan files' from you FOH Mac - or you wont see any updated content!

The software is fairly intuative and has good 'help' - but feel free to ask if u cant figure it out.

Thanks for the complements - hope it may be possible to create the 'soft DP2000' soon!!.....