Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:07:01 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Ansar Mohammed <ansarm@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: realtime network replication Message-ID: <ED1B918A-F802-4D11-9FD5-E5A60DCD6666@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <019d01c9491d$778b0ad0$66a12070$@com> References: <019501c9491c$84ee6e20$8ecb4a60$@com> <F3391A0F-9555-481E-A8E1-9D1042A6770E@mac.com> <019d01c9491d$778b0ad0$66a12070$@com>
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On Nov 17, 2008, at 5:32 PM, Ansar Mohammed wrote: > Ok, I have /home on one server, I need to REPLICATE /home to another > server > in realtime. Kinda like a mirror, but over a network. I don't want > to use > rsync because its not realtime. Yeah, your problem description is clear enough. If you want true redundancy and the data available from both machines, you're talking about more of a clustered filesystem like Veritas CFS or maybe Andrew FS / DFS from Transarc. However, you might also find something like /usr/ports/net/unison a reasonable alternative: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ -- -Chuck
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