Re: [sheflug] government open source policy

[David Willington <david.willington [at] xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hmm. If you're planning on synching the servers both ways, I would
> predict that will be a recipe for data loss. Notwithstanding
> after-school study clubs/whatever, you can't sensibly synchronise two
> SQL servers both ways (e.g., auto-enumerated fields will get screwed,
> which will mean foreign keys will be jiggered), so one or other DB would
> have to get blatted.
Must watch out for your comments beginning 'hmm'. Thanks for the pointers - will revisit the drawing board and think again
> Plus, when your internet line does go down for the week, suddenly you've
> got a week's worth of data on both servers. And when your sync fails,
> kids have done work at home that they can't access when they get to
> school. Etc. I think it sounds like a world of pain, personally :)
I'm suggesting they get their own line.  Am I naive in assuming that
  because I can get a reliable broadband line at home that only goes
  down when there's a powercut they should be able to do the same?
 They're working on this. The plan is that this would be in addition to
 their existing line
> I would think that there are better solutions, but it depends on how
> intelligent your external server is. 
> It's good if they're able to make their own spending decisions; I've
> heard that for many things schools are often tied into the LEA deal or
> whatever, which is probably cheap but not necessarily good.
It seems where there's a will there's a way. There's a lot of will and
 a strong head. Fingers crossed I can find a way

All the best

David
> Cheers,
> 
> Alex.
> 
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