Could you post the code to drive and pull just certain backup when needed. Also that I can move the drive in any server(regardless of disk controller type) and have instant duplicate running in minutes.Thank you
On Jan 10, 12:38 pm, Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]> wrote: > Forget the controller - use software raid. No hardware costs, works just as > well (there's a performance hit at the extreme high end, but even that can > be taken out with raid 10 if you need to). Keeping old files that have been > deleted may cause issue (say you deleted a program, because it happens to > have a security repercussion, and you're waiting on a patch). There is no > substitute for taking periodic backups, which will keep old versions of all > files in the case of accidental change/deletion in a much more reliable > manner. > > > > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 11:34 AM, u4david <[email protected]> wrote: > > agree, > > what I like about rsync is that I can go in the mirrored drive and > > pull just certain backup when needed. > > Also that I can move the drive in any server(regardless of disk > > controller type) and have instant duplicate running in minutes. > > > my cron job mounts the dive first then mirrors the data,then unmount the > > drive. > > Also rsync further with out the --delete option to keeps old files > > that may have been deleted on master drive. > > > On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 10:33 PM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Not true. RAID 1 is instantaneous mirroring. rsync runs only when you set > > it > > > to. RAID 1 is really easy to set up and reliable. > > > > Jeremiah E. Bess > > > Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four > > > > On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 20:10, u4david <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I would set up firts harddrive: > > > >> and then second hard drive set up us a mirror of the first drive . > > >> use rsync,cronjob. > > > >> This way no need for raid. > > >> But have backups at your finger tips. > > >> and if the first disc fails just reconfigure the mirror as "master" > > >> and adjust boot grub options and caboom back to original(last backup > > >> version of mirrored rsynced copy) > > > >> On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Kari Matthews <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> > Hello, > > >> > I have a customer who wants a new server. I convinced him to go with > > >> > Linux > > >> > instead of Windows. He then asked at the end that I put 2-1TB drives > > in > > >> > the > > >> > server. I assume the second is for storage b/c they deal with pretty > > >> > large > > >> > files. > > >> > In your opinion, what should I do with the second drive? Should I put > > >> > Linux > > >> > on both drives? I was going to do a data partition on the first drive > > >> > ... > > >> > if I did that for both, that would be 4 partitions. What is the best > > >> > way to > > >> > handle this? > > >> > I know this is a rather silly question, but I am unsure how to best > > >> > utilize > > >> > the space on the 2nd drive. It's tempting to put it in an external > > >> > casing > > >> > and just use it as a backup drive. I don't know. > > >> > Opinions welcome, since you're all brilliant. TIA. > > >> > ~kari > > > >> > -- > > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux > > Users > > >> > Group. > > >> > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > >> > To unsubscribe, send email to > > >> > [email protected] > > >> > For more options, visit our group at > > >> >http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > >> -- > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > > >> Group. > > >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > >> To unsubscribe, send email to > > [email protected] > > >> For more options, visit our group at > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > > > Group. > > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe, send email to > > [email protected] > > > For more options, visit our group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > > Group. > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > > For more options, visit our group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > -- > > Daniel
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