Glade with multiple "servers".

[David Brown <ada53@davidb.org>]

Please refer me to a better place to ask questions about glade, if it
exists.

I am building a possibly distributed application (Adump, which I've
resurrected from years back <http://www.davidb.org/adump/>).  I would like
this program to be able to allow network-based backups.

A common model for this problem is to run a program on each machine that
needs to be backed up.  The machine containing the backup hardware then
connects to these machines and uses them to extract the necessary
information from that machine.  I'm trying to figure out if this model fits
well enough with the Glade or even DSA model, or if I should just implement
my own protocol over GNAT.Sockets.

The problem I see is that the notion of clients and servers is a bit mixed
around from typical.  The "clients" are generally the programs that remain
running long term, and the "server" is what is invoked periodically.  I
suppose I could have a server program that stays running, and just has the
purpose of being the boot server to maintain the connection with the
clients.

Any suggestions or advice would be helpful.

Thanks,
David Brown