Using a file can certainly work, but I'd suggest creating a table on the database (e.g. report_queue), and let the web server add reports to the queue, and let the back end server pull off requests and execute them. The advantage is that both machines (presumably) already have access to the database server, so you don't need an additional hole in your firewall for some file sharing scheme. (Though, now that I think of it, you could publish your files in a separate server root, and let the back end server fetch them via http. Just a random thought.)

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