Sitemap and cluster setup

[dan8]

Hi,

We currently upgrade our site to work from multiple server and we also implement a cache solution. We are now trying to run the sitemap app from a dedicated server just to generate the sitemap of the site.

Questions:

1. Is this remote setup possible?

2. Should I disable ping the search engines until the sitemap is propagated over the cluster and manually ping the search engines?

Thank you.

[XML-Sitemaps Support]

Hello,

1. yes, that's possible. You can generate sitemap on one of the servers and distribute it then.

2. yes, I'd recommend to avoid immediate auto-ping and wait until sitemap files are synced on all your servers.