thanks Aaron for your prompt reply. my comments follow in-line > > Back when I was with the NSDL, we found journaling to be much easier: > https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FEDORA35/Journaling
Yes, we looked at it, but we did not understand that it can be implemented on 2 totally separated storage systems.... If I understand correctly, should we need to copy to the follower not only journal files, but also resources to be injested as DS (e.g. PDF files) ? > > Some problems with Rsync and database dumps: > - resourceIndex file might be corrupt if a write occurs during transfer, > or if all data hasn't yet been sync'd to disk > - Database and filesystem objects can theoretically be out of sync if a > write occurs during either db dump or file rsync I absolutely agree, but in our case, we control all write operations (performed only by batch at given times of week) Anyway, thanks, we will look deeper at Journaling... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Fedora-commons-users mailing list Fedora-commons-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fedora-commons-users