Re: [gentoo-server] Mirroring configuration

[Kirk Hoganson]

The load of rsync depends heavily on the number of files you are trying 
to sync.  If you are sync'ing a large number of files your system will 
take a hit when the rsync begins.  Depending on the permissions you want 
 on the target box you may not need to do this as root.  You may be 
able to use a dedicated account that doesn't have shell access and can 
only be accessed via an ssh key.  On a personal note it is something I 
use frequently to keep systems in sync, and I have found the load to be 
very reasonable.

xyon said the following:
I currently use Unison every 30 minutes to copy over my Apache stuff,
while MySQL is running on the backup box as a slave to the primary box,
which works beautifully. Unison tends to really hog the CPU power of both
boxes during sync, and root has to have unobstructed ssh (priv/pubkey)
access from/to each box. This may not be the best way of doing things, but
just an idea.
Possibly I might switch to rsync for the Apache stuff. What do you guys
think?
Best of luck to you!

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