{"id":10601,"date":"2023-02-27T14:08:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T21:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.resilio.com\/blog\/?p=10601"},"modified":"2024-05-04T10:29:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T17:29:00","slug":"web-deployment-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.resilio.com\/blog\/web-deployment-tool","title":{"rendered":"Web Deployment Tool: Use Resilio for Fast, Easy Distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Resilio Platform is a powerful, superior\u00a0alternative to Microsoft Web Deploy<\/a>. Resilio gives web developers, DevOps, and IT managers an automated and easy way to rapidly deploy web applications, code, and content across as many servers as needed. And it overcomes many of Microsoft Web Deploy’s limitations due to its lack of multi-vendor support, lack of WAN optimization, no real-time file change detection, and poor security and encryption features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To learn more about using Resilio Platform to sync web and app servers,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>schedule a demo<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike most web deployment tools (which use point-to-point file transfer), Resilio Platform uses a P2P (peer-to-peer) transfer architecture to distribute, consolidate, and synchronize content in real-time. P2P deployment enables you to publish updates to a single location and automatically replicate out to multiple servers in any direction one-way, bidirectional, one-to-many, many-to-one, and N-way. You can deploy updates across hundreds of web servers in a web farm in fixed time frames (which happens to be about the same time as it takes to deploy across a couple of servers), enabling your DevOps and IT teams to deploy quickly and easily meet SLAs and deadlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And with our proprietary WAN acceleration technology, Resilio can optimize file transfer over any network, including high-latency, lossy networks. With P2P sync and WAN optimization, you can fully utilize the bandwidth of your entire replication environment to deliver some of the fastest synchronization speeds possible (10-100x faster than traditional web deployment solutions)<\/strong> and scale organically. Resilio can distribute content to thousands of servers in about the same time as it takes most providers to sync to two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we\u2019ll discuss the benefits of using Resilio Platform to deploy web and app content, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resilio Connect: Superior Web Deployment Capabilities<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Fast, Predictable Synchronization<\/strong><\/td>Meet deadlines, SLAs, and streamline workflows.<\/td><\/tr>
Bullet-proof Reliability<\/strong><\/td>Enable 24\/7 uptime of app and web servers.<\/td><\/tr>
Automated and DevOps-Friendly<\/strong><\/td>Automate user permissions and functionality through easy-to-use interfaces, and deploy Resilio on your existing infrastructure using familiar tools.<\/td><\/tr>
WAN Optimization Technology<\/strong><\/td>Deploy applications, web content, and web code over any network.<\/td><\/tr>
N-way Synchronization<\/strong><\/td>Distribute updates in any direction \u2014 one-way, bidirectional, one-to-many, many-to-one, and N-way sync.<\/td><\/tr>
State-of-the-Art Security<\/strong><\/td>Leverage state-of-the-art security features that protect your data in transit and at rest.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about using Resilio Platform to sync web and app servers,\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>schedule a demo<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast, Predictable Synchronization through P2P Transfer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Resilio Platform provides features that enable fast, predictable synchronization, so you can meet deadlines no matter your workflow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Resilio, updates can be deployed on a schedule or in real-time. Resilio uses real-time notifications from the host operating system as well as optimized checksum calculations (identification markers for files that change whenever a change is made to the file) to quickly identify and replicate changed portions of a file. This provides you with full predictability so you always know how long it will take to deploy updates across many web servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resilio also combines the power of P2P transfer and file chunking to provide some of the fastest replication speeds in the industry (we\u2019re seeing 10 Gbps per server). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most other web deployment providers use point-to-point transfer architectures that can only share updates between two servers at a time (i.e., from one server to another). Microsoft Web Deploy uses a client-server transfer architecture. In this transfer topology, any updates deployed from one server across your web farm must first transfer to a hub server. In other words, you deploy from one server, the updates are replicated to the hub server, then the hub server replicates to each of the other servers one at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This increases the time it takes to distribute files and file changes (especially for large files or large numbers of files) across your entire replication environment, and full synchronization of your server farms can be impeded by a delay on any single server (such as a network outage, software failure, hardware failure, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But with Resilio\u2019s P2P architecture, every server in your replication environment can take part in web content, code, and application deployment. Resilio uses a process known as file chunking to break files down into multiple parts that can be transferred independently from the rest of the file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, if you want to deploy updates across multiple servers, Resilio will break the update down into multiple chunks. It will begin sharing the first chunk with one of the servers. As soon as that server receives the first chunk, it can begin sharing it with any other server in your environment, even before it receives the rest of the file chunks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The combination of P2P transfer and file chunking enables all of the servers in your environment to take part in distribution simultaneously, resulting in sync speeds 10-100x faster than alternative solutions. <\/strong>It also enables you to sync in any direction, <\/strong>including one-way, bidirectional, one-to-many, many-to-one, and N-way sync.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Case study: VoiceBase<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

VoiceBase<\/a> is a speech-to-text software for audio and video transcriptions that uses Resilio Platform to distribute speech models (of 50+ GB) across 400+ servers. Their previous point-to-point replication solution left them bogged down by bottlenecks in their distribution workflow. But Resilio\u2019s P2P transfer architecture enables them to distribute omnidirectionally, resulting in significantly faster server synchronization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn how Resilio helped VoiceBase reduce code distribution time by 88%.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bullet-Proof Reliability and Resiliency<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Resilio Connect\u2019s P2P architecture means that there\u2019s no single-point of failure in your replication environment, enabling 24\/7 uptime of web and app servers. If one of your servers goes down, Resilio can dynamically route around the outage and access the necessary files or services from any other server in your system, ensuring your updates always reach their destination. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This makes Resilio a great addition to your disaster recovery strategy and enables you to meet SLAs for availability and uptime. Resilio can also engage in load-balancing between servers, so you can fully utilize bandwidth across any distance in the most effective and efficient manner possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Case study: Large, US-based data protection company (name withheld for privacy)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A data protection company switched from DFSR to Resilio Platform in order to reduce time to global file delivery and ensure the uptime of their hybrid cloud environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no more troubleshooting errors. Through the Resilio Platform Management Console, the IT team has complete visibility into monitoring job status and progress.  It\u2019s easy to diagnose problems if needed. We can now see what\u2019s happening and where it\u2019s happening all through a single pane of glass in the RCMC. Alerts also provided. We simply set up email notifications and Resilio does the rest.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about how Resilio helped them reduce average time to desktop for their VDI solution.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Automated and DevOps-Friendly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Resilio can be deployed on your existing infrastructure and begin replicating in as little as two hours. And Resilio\u2019s flexibility and automation features enables easy management and control over how replication occurs in your environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can deploy Resilio cross-platform, so you can utilize:<\/p>\n\n\n\n