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What do “WhatsApp”
set up. If you select the Network Backup
option from the Main Menu it will bring and Lindenbaum MRF
up another menu with six options. The have in common?
first thing you will need to do is select the
“Administer FTP server” option and enter Same heart beats in both
E
the information about the server that will be used for the backups. You may need to veryone is talking about the 19 bil-
work with your IT department to get some lion U.S. dollars spent on a company
of this information. You will need to know with 32 developers. Just as impres-
the IP address of the FTP server that will sive as the price is that these 32 develop-
hold your backup files. You will also need ers have created a platform for currently
a login (and password) that has the neces- 450 million users, 1 million new users
sary permissions to read and write files to per day. According to Mark Zuckerberg
that server. You have the option to include it is the only application with more inten-
a directory in which the Intuity will store sive use than Facebook itself. But accord-
the backup files. If you just want the files ing to Lindenbaum, within WhatsApp and
to be stored in the root directory of the ftp Lindenbaum’s MRF “beats the same heart.”
server, you still need to enter a “/”. Each Both run on Erlang.
time the backup runs it places the files Lindenbaum, a manufacturer of confer-
in a unique subdirectory with the name ence bridges and conferencing software for
format “intuity_yyyymmddhhmm_uyyyy. carriers and conference service providers,
bkp”. The “yyyymmddhhmm” part of the also relies on Erlang, an optimal program-
name is replaced with the date and time the ming language for many concurrent audio
backup was run. The last bit of information and media processes to offer a reliable
you will need is the port to use. By default, next generation audio conferencing bridge,
ftp uses port 21. The next step would be to the Lindenbaum Media Resource Function
go back to the Network Backup menu and (MRF). Erlang is a powerful programming
select the option “Administer data types for language for an environment with many
unattended backup”. This will allow you to select what data you want the system soft real-time concurrent processes, where
to save during the nightly backup. I would no downtime is tolerated.
select all three options. You can also run Erlang was originally developed by
manual backups, and restores if necessary, Ericsson for telephony applications.
by selecting either of those options from the Lindenbaum views Erlang as a very
Network Backup menu. ☎
robust platform that delivers stability suit-
able for the demanding needs of the contact
And as always, if you have any questions please call 800- center.
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