[ale] Fileserver/filesystem replication

[Matt Smith]

drbd is fantastic!  All the Googling I did never came up with that for some reason.. 

I've got it up and running - currently syncing the 7 logical volumes via a dedicated gigabit ethernet crossover.  I set up heartbeat via a serial null modem and failover works very nicely.  I tested with just one volume before going full-bore.

With this solution I won't even have to use my F5 to handle the failover.  The heartbeat package handles transfer of the shared IP address, as well as stopping/starting services and mounting/unmounting drives via the scripts that come with drbd.

Thanks!!!


--Matt


-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Leonard [mailto:stephen at phynp6.phy-astr.gsu.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 10:18 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Fileserver/filesystem replication


On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 10:06:20AM -0500, Matt Smith wrote:
> Does anyone have experience with any filesystem replication methods other than rsync alone?  I'm looking for something a little more real-time (preferably not scheduled) to do at a minimum a one-way replication to a "backup" server, and ideally, a two-way replication so that two servers could be used in parallel.

I think drbd might be the tool you're looking for.  I haven't
personally used it, but I think it's a mature project.  Maybe
somone else on the list has experience with it.

stephen
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