Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:35:56 +0200 From: Julien Cigar <jcigar@ulb.ac.be> To: postfix_amaru@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS Question Message-ID: <1239208556.998.0.camel@rivendell.lan> In-Reply-To: <400467.24717.qm@web59509.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> References: <400467.24717.qm@web59509.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 08:57 -0700, Amaru Netapshaak wrote: > Hello, > > I am interested in using something like ZFS for its distributed nature. I run a file server > with samba acting as a PDC. I also run a second server as a BDC. What I would > like is a method for keeping both servers "shared data" drives in sync when both the > PDC and BDC are running. > > I am currently doing an incremental update twice daily to the BDC using rsync over > SSH. It works, but its just not good enough.. if the PDC goes down, anything created > or altered after midnight or so, isnt propagated to the BDC. > > I understand I can use ZFS to accomplish this easily.. but from what I've read, you still > need to manually push updates to the backup server over ssh via cron. So I would still > have windows of time where the file systems would not be in sync.. am I heading in the > wrong direction here? I am beginning to think I am.. > > I've been afraid of NFS for some time.. remembering back to the days when it was just > not safe to use NFS. I may have carried that fear on irrationally.. is NFS a viable > solution to my problem these days? > > Thanks for the advice! > you could use ggated/ggatec together with gmirror > +-+ AMARU > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Julien Cigar Belgian Biodiversity Platform http://www.biodiversity.be Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Campus de la Plaine CP 257 Bâtiment NO, Bureau 4 N4 115C (Niveau 4) Boulevard du Triomphe, entrée ULB 2 B-1050 Bruxelles Mail: jcigar@ulb.ac.be @biobel: http://biobel.biodiversity.be/person/show/471 Tel : 02 650 57 52
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