DWF across the WAN
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Topic: DWF across the WAN
Posted By: garyparker84
Subject: DWF across the WAN
Date Posted: 07.Dec.2007 at 06:49
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My company has two offices located several hundred miles apart. The
offices are relatively small in size, with 10 employees in one site,
and about 15 in the other. Both sites are using the same version of
AutoCAD. Is there any product that can enable both the sites to work from a single server, or would a Distributed File System (DFS) be a better option? I'm mainly concerned about the File Locks and the Reference Files, if using the DFS solution. Is there a Document Management product available for AutoCAD? I have both sites currently connected by T1s and a VPN. Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks , Gary |
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Posted By: Vladimir Michl
Date Posted: 08.Dec.2007 at 17:25
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You can stay on Autodesk technology and use Autodesk Vault or Productstream for document management. ------------- Vladimir Michl (moderator) ARKANCE - https://arkance.world" rel="nofollow - https://arkance.world - Autodesk Platinum Partner |
Posted By: mathewhills14
Date Posted: 10.Dec.2007 at 06:29
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Gary, You say you have a VPN. Is that the only connection point between the two offices? Mathew |
Posted By: rmartin_12
Date Posted: 11.Dec.2007 at 06:56
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Gary, Autodesk Vault is the document management system for Autodesk products. Shouldn't be a problem with your setup. Your WAN should work out just fine.  |
Posted By: mathewhills14
Date Posted: 17.Dec.2007 at 11:07
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Vault is _A_ document manager for Autodesk products, one of many. There
are other choices, (Adept, Columbus, Projectwise, etc) which may have
significant advantages in some environments. In as much as Vault is not a profit center for Adesk, I'm seeing little effort being put into making it a quality EDMS for AutoCAD. Mathew |
Posted By: garyparker84
Date Posted: 18.Dec.2007 at 10:33
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Thanks for the help here.
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Posted By: mathewhills14
Date Posted: 26.Dec.2007 at 13:51
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Take a look at the Riverbed Steelhead products. We've got Steelheads and they're good to a point, but with the advent of the new drawing format in R2007/2008 they can no longer transfer just the changed bits of a file, the way it worked with earlier AutoCAD versions. If you save or open a 2007/2008 file over the WAN that has changes, there is no acceleration. They're still good for other file optimization, email, etc. |
Posted By: mathewhills14
Date Posted: 28.Dec.2007 at 08:57
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These appliances increase WAN speeds about 5x the first time a file is accessed (this is still about half the speed of the LAN). When the same file is accessed second time, the speed is comparable to the LAN as long as the file is still cached. Besides this, you can refer their forum at: http://www.wdsforum.org/forum/index.php |
Posted By: rmartin_12
Date Posted: 02.Jan.2008 at 12:09
| One of our partners implemented Riverbed Steelheads some time back. They told that the product was incredibly simple to install, and demonstrated efficient bandwidth results and latency improvements. |
Posted By: garyparker84
Date Posted: 09.Jan.2008 at 08:20
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Since the market review is demonstrating irrefutable response for
Riverbed's Steelhead Appliances, we are looking forward to deploy that.
Rather, their team is already being called upon for demo. |
Posted By: mathewhills14
Date Posted: 10.Jan.2008 at 11:40
| They do what they claim, but they are not going to make up for a bad (slow) WAN. If you have not already, have your WAN analyzed also. |
Posted By: rmartin_12
Date Posted: 15.Jan.2008 at 07:18
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Well, you can view one of their performance briefs also that clearly shows how they are helping in improving the application acceleration. The link is as: http://www.riverbed.com/docs/PerformanceBrief-Riverbed-AutoC AD.pdf Thanks, RMartin |
Posted By: garyparker84
Date Posted: 17.Jan.2008 at 08:00
| Thanks a lot. We will definitely get our WAN analyzed first. |
Posted By: garyparker84
Date Posted: 23.Jan.2008 at 11:06
| Is there any discussion area where we can put any query/ inquiry regarding this product? |
Posted By: rmartin_12
Date Posted: 25.Jan.2008 at 07:39
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For queries, you can visit the discussion group at the following link : http://www.wdsforum.org/forum/index.php |
Posted By: garyparker84
Date Posted: 31.Jan.2008 at 07:40
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After IT deployed Steelhead appliances and Steelhead Mobile, our employees recognized the difference immediately. Files that once took more than five minutes to download when working in branch offices or remotely now take only two seconds, making download speeds that were once unbearable almost unnoticeable. To enable efficient data access and collaboration throughout our mobile workforce, we are looking to deploy Steelhead Mobile to the remainder of employees. |
Posted By: mathewhills14
Date Posted: 12.Feb.2008 at 11:30
| They are proving themselves to be the leader in network acceleration. They help in enabling reliable and regular complete network-based backup without interfering with other applications that require the WAN. |