Re: software equivs for netapps snapmirror / snapshots in FreeBSD fileserver ?

2004-06-16 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Joe Schmoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So ... if I want to use some features like this on my home fileserver (replicating to a friends fileserver over T1) ... do I have any hope of achieving these features with standard UNIX tools and scripts, or do I really need to buy things made by NetApp

software equivs for netapps snapmirror / snapshots in FreeBSD fileserver ?

2004-06-14 Thread Joe Schmoe
I am very intrigued by some of the features that Network Appliance (NetApp) has for its network attached arrays. Chiefly: snapmirror http://www.netapp.com/products/filer/snapmirror.html which allows real time replication of a filesystem(s) over a WAN - and saves bandwidth by