On 3/28/2018 10:34 AM, Jeff Wartes wrote: > The backup/restore still requires setting up a shared filesystem on all your > nodes though right?
Technically speaking, I don't think a shared filesystem is actually REQUIRED to make a backup. But in order to do a restore, all machines involved with the restore must have access to all of the data written by all of the machines that made the backup. The easiest way to accommodate the restore requirements is to have all the servers use the same network-mounted filesystem, mounted in the same location. One thing that I think you COULD do is have each server make its backup into a local filesystem, and then use some kind of synchronization tool (rsync, robocopy, and others) to ensure that every system has an identical copy of ALL the data, and allow that synchronization to finish before attempting a restore. It could be challenging to do the synchronization successfully without accidentally deleting part of the data. The shared filesystem is likely to be easier. Someone who's more familiar with the feature should comment on whether that synchronization idea will actually work. If the backup/restore functionality is written the way I would *expect* it to be written, it should work. Thanks, Shawn
