Re: [BackupPC-users] clustered file system and multiple servers

2008-08-05 Thread dan
> Hi, > > sabujp wrote on 2008-08-04 23:18:41 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] clustered file > system and multiple servers]: > > > > Can a dev let me know if the files in the pool are FLOCK'd before > writing, > > use the force, read the source. "grep -r floc

Re: [BackupPC-users] clustered file system and multiple servers

2008-08-04 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, sabujp wrote on 2008-08-04 23:18:41 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] clustered file system and multiple servers]: > > Can a dev let me know if the files in the pool are FLOCK'd before writing, use the force, read the source. "grep -r flock backuppc-3.1.0" suggests that floc

[BackupPC-users] clustered file system and multiple servers

2008-08-04 Thread sabujp
Can a dev let me know if the files in the pool are FLOCK'd before writing, i.e. is there a chance that two servers backing up into the same top level data directory could "mangle" a file in the pool in this manner? +-- |This wa

[BackupPC-users] clustered file system and multiple servers

2008-08-01 Thread sabujp
I'm thinking about setting up BackupPC on servers attached to a shared/clustered file system (OCFS2) but wanted to know if it's possible for multiple servers to share the same top level data directory as long as the servers are backing up different clients? I'm guessing that if the servers use