The key benefits of a multi-server (master-slave) setup are as follows:
Supports a secure communication channel (SSL) to secure the data exchanged on the wire and secures iFolder data stored on the server with the Novell patented encryption and recovery mechanism.
Ensures scalability with no theoretical limit on the number of servers participating. In addition, each server can have multiple data volumes configured with any limit.
Guarantees response time because the number of users that are provisioned per server is limited to 1000, so that each user can have a predictable response from the server if the server has a dedicated network interface card (NIC) with a minimum of 1 Gbps capacity and each client has at least a 100 Mbps NIC. With this configuration, the user can upload or download a 1 GB file in less than 5 minutes, which is almost 4 MB per second.
Enables users across different geographical locations to share data in a secure manner.
Enables iFolder servers across different geographical locations to be integrated with Business Continuity Clusters (BCC) for data replication and high availability.