Distribution Manager Feature Overview
Fast and reliable file transfers between different servers both in local area
networks and across WANs or even the Internet is becoming an increasingly
important part of every production system. Distribution Manager will take care
of all file transfer and distribution both within and outside your organization
in a very flexible, yet maintenance-free way. Distribution Manager makes sure
all your servers and different systems work together so that your production
will run as smoothly as possible.
Distribution Manager is able to transfer files both using the File Transfer
Protocol (ftp) over tcp/ip connections, and between Windows shared network
volumes or locally on a single server.
Easy input
Users all over your organization can easily access and use Distribution
Manager’s services. To transfer a file, a user only needs to put the file in
one of Distribution Manager's watched input folders to transmit it.
File transfer
When transferring files via ftp, Distribution Manager is able to mirror entire
directory trees, and can therefore easily transfer entire websites, archives or
other directory structures.
File retrieval
Distribution Manager can regularily check a remote ftp server for new files,
and pick up new files. Even subdirectories can be checked, and optionally
mirrored locally.
Prefix sorting
Distribution Manager is able to sort files based on prefixes in the filenames.
The prefixes can be of variable length, and associated with a longer directory
name to make the folder structure easier to understand for users.
Packing and unpacking
Distribution Manager has built in support for Macbinary, Binhex and ZIP
conversion. It will pack Macintosh files in Macbinary format to preserve
Macintosh file properties.
File duplication
One single file can easily be transferred to up to 128 different destinations
through the use of Multi-copy channels. Each of these target folders can be an
input folder for another channel for further file transmission.
Advanced logging
Distribution Manager writes a detailed log of all activity to let you verify
every transmission. It is also possible to log only errors for easier
troubleshooting and recovery.
Multi-threaded parallel processing for high-end distribution
Supporting Multi-Copy to up to 128 destinations and simultaneous
ftp-transmissions, Distribution Manager is suitable for large scale file
distribution to multiple destinations.
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