Aaron J. Seigo said: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wednesday 26 February 2003 09:48, Roy Souther wrote: >> I think the best solution would be a kernel module that allowed for many >> Linux OS kernels to sync between them based on a set of rules. This >> would allow for non-identical systems to work this way with any Linux >> distribution and any combination of software. > > why a kernel module? you can do this from user space (where it really > belongs) > using either mirroring facilities provided by the applications you are > using > (usually the most robust) or purpose built tools like rsync, no?
The problem with user space tools is that they aren't instantaneous. You could use rsync, but you would have to run it from cron or something every so often which means that both systems would never be 100% synced at any given time. With kernel space systems, it would be a function of the file system or the kernel itself, somewhat how software RAID functions in that the kernel or file system would support writing the same data to multiple network locations or filesystems at the same time. This should create a 100% synced system all the time, or close too. > > - -- > Aaron J. Seigo > GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 > > KDE: The 'K' is for 'kick ass' > http://www.kde.org http://promo.kde.org/3.1/feature_guide.php > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+XPOW1rcusafx20MRArhYAKCX4WFKsy8g6W/UZuAJCC6VuXbWuACbBOK5 > BhndGdT/vRr0ObsMrZ/9keA= > =tor4 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
