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Overview

 

PeerLink is an enterprise real-time, multi-directional, distributed, file locking and synchronization technology that ensures the same data exists on all participating host servers regardless of where changes occur. It also prevents users on disparate networks from accessing a file that is in use by a user on another network. A file collaboration session consists of two or more participating hosts, and a folder hierarchy called the Watch Set, located on each host, which will be kept synchronized by propagating file locks and modifications to all participating hosts in real-time.

 

 

PeerLink Key Features

 

PeerLink Features

Standard Edition

Maximum number of running file collaboration sessions.

Depends on licensed amount

Maximum number of unique participating hosts across all running collaboration sessions.

Depends on licensed amount

Real-time Updates: Changes made to files on any server immediately mirror on all other servers. Files remain accessible at all sites.

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Distributed File Locking: Native file locks are propagated in real time over any distance.

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Transparency: Your users and applications keep using the exact same files, in the exact same manner.

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Efficient Bandwidth Usage: Binary delta compression sends only the bytes of a file that have changed between hosts.

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Secure: SSL encrypted end-to-end session communication.

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Ability to configure file inclusion and exclusion filters based on wildcard matching.

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Ability to view all currently opened and locked files.

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Ability to view all file transfers in progress.

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Ability to view a summary of file collaboration statistics for a running collaboration session.

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Ability to view a summary of file collaboration statistics across all running collaboration sessions.

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Configurable event logging facility with the ability to select specific events to log.

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Ability to select from various file conflict resolution schemes.

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Ability to handle file conflicts and other errors via a file quarantine service.

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Target file trash bin protection which saves a copy of a file before deleting or modifying the file on a target host.

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Email and SNMP Alerts for critical errors occurring in a running collaboration session, for example, when a file is quarantined.

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Support for NetApp Storage Devices (for more information, please view the NetApp section).

Based on License