[ale] File server syncronization

Brian W. Neu ale at advancedopen.com
Thu Jan 28 07:42:04 EST 2010


I just found rsnapshot a few weeks ago, which is rsync based, though I
haven't implemented it.  It does have the ability to use LVM snapshots,
which are somewhat nice and somewhat frustrating.  If your remote server
needs to double up as an archiving server, it might be something to
consider.

On 1/27/2010 3:42 PM, David Ritchie wrote:
> ALEers...
>
> Looking trying to synchronize two file systems on an ongoing basis
> (i.e. a distributed file system). Just curious
> about your thoughts about things like rsync vs. Unison  or other tools
> you have seen...  Need to have files migrate over
> semi realtime (i.e. I drop a file in a directory, it should auto
> magically appear on a local directory on the remote machine - and
> there could be both data files and executable transferred)... Thoughts?
>
> Best regards,
> Dave Ritchie
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