On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 08:57 -0700, Amaru Netapshaak wrote: > Hello, > > I am interested in using something like ZFS for its distributed nature. I run > a file server > with samba acting as a PDC. I also run a second server as a BDC. What I would > like is a method for keeping both servers "shared data" drives in sync when > both the > PDC and BDC are running. > > I am currently doing an incremental update twice daily to the BDC using rsync > over > SSH. It works, but its just not good enough.. if the PDC goes down, anything > created > or altered after midnight or so, isnt propagated to the BDC. > > I understand I can use ZFS to accomplish this easily.. but from what I've > read, you still > need to manually push updates to the backup server over ssh via cron. So I > would still > have windows of time where the file systems would not be in sync.. am I > heading in the > wrong direction here? I am beginning to think I am.. > > I've been afraid of NFS for some time.. remembering back to the days when it > was just > not safe to use NFS. I may have carried that fear on irrationally.. is NFS a > viable > solution to my problem these days? > > Thanks for the advice! >
you could use ggated/ggatec together with gmirror > +-+ AMARU > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" -- Julien Cigar Belgian Biodiversity Platform http://www.biodiversity.be Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Campus de la Plaine CP 257 Bâtiment NO, Bureau 4 N4 115C (Niveau 4) Boulevard du Triomphe, entrée ULB 2 B-1050 Bruxelles Mail: jci...@ulb.ac.be @biobel: http://biobel.biodiversity.be/person/show/471 Tel : 02 650 57 52 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
