[ale] Fileserver/filesystem replication

Chris Ricker kaboom at gatech.edu
Wed Dec 31 13:23:38 EST 2003


On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Stephen Leonard wrote:

> 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.

I've used it a little bit. It should work for what you're wanting, though it
is only one-way replication.

later,
chris



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