Peered Servers

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FollowMe allows servers to be peered to enable the system to be as robust and scalable as possible.

Note: FollowMe Q-Server Peering and Windows Clustering can be used in conjunction.

Domains

Domains are used within the Peering setup to denote a group of peered servers.

Field

Description

Domain Name

This is a descriptive name for you to define the domain the servers will be assigned to

Type

Local - Your organisation has more than three servers in your London office therefore you would have a local domain with all the servers associated to it.

Master - Your organisation has multiple servers in one location although also have servers in another location which is to act as a backup or control server.

Remote - You have other organisations and you are the head office, you would make the remote sites remote domains and then they would use your local domain as a master domain.

Note: This works on a hierarchical level and can be expanded to any amount of servers on any amount of levels.

Servers in Selected Domain

Select the domains which this remote domain has rights to. This allows the remote domain to use this domain as a relay to the master domains.

Server Settings

In the Server Settings one can specify the servers Sending IP address, which is especially useful when working in a Windows Cluster server environment where the Sending IP should be that of the cluster node rather than the local node which the FollowMe service is residing on.

FollowMe Service Status

When Peered Servers have been configured this section enables remote viewing of the FollowMe Q-Server service Status (e.g. Started/Stopped) and changing the status remotely.