On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 11:17:45PM -0400, CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to synchronize /home on ProductionServer with /home on BackupServer
> periodically. ProductionServer has Samba and netatalk running on it and
> share files with a network of Windows and Mac OS users. The idea behind
> BackupServer is if ProductionServer goes down, BackupServer can be pressed
> into action to replace the down server with minimal interruption. This is
> not quite fault tolerant but close enough for this purpose. The
> synchronization interval will be dependent upon the performance of rsync in
> this scenario so it could be anything from 5 minutes to 15 minutes. The
> users are creating or editing MS Office files which are stored on the
> server. What happens when rsync encounters, for example, a Word file that a
> user is working on? How does rsync deal with files that are in use? Will it
> skip over the file? Will it just capture whatever is on the disk?
I don't think rsync is a good tool for that application. If a file is being
modified while rsync is transferring it, the results are undefined. You'll
be better off with a filesystem that can handle replication.
> How does rsync deal with .AppleDouble files?
I don't know what they are, but I'm sure rsync doesn't do anything special
for them.
- Dave
