From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 19 21:22:03 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0B0416A4CE for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:22:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gromit.dlib.vt.edu (gromit.dlib.vt.edu [128.173.49.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 320C043D39 for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:22:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (pool-70-110-10-69.roa.east.verizon.net [70.110.10.69]) by gromit.dlib.vt.edu (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j3JLM0Rb007929 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:22:01 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (localhost.Chelsea-Ct.Org [127.0.0.1]) by zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j3JLLsXI081899 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:21:54 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: (from paul@localhost) by zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j3JLLrC6081898; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:21:53 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) X-Authentication-Warning: zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org: paul set sender to paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu using -f From: Paul Mather To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050419164003.518F716A507@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20050419164003.518F716A507@hub.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:21:52 -0400 Message-Id: <1113945712.81725.8.camel@zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.1.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port cc: Feczak Szabolcs Subject: Re: gmirror on local + nfs volume X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:22:03 -0000 On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:07:29 +0200, Feczak Szabolcs wrote: > I have read about this some months ago on the list, but I can not find > it now. Can someone explain how to make a Geom mirror with one local > and one remote component ? (so basicly syncronize two volumes between > machines automagically) I don't know about NFS, but I remember someone doing something similar to what you describe using geom_gate for the remote component. See ggated(8) and ggatec(8) for how to set up an use a geom_gate provider. Geom_mirror works with GEOM providers, and I don't believe NFS fulfills this requirement. So, it's unlikely that geom_mirror with a NFS component would be possible. Note that the geom_mirror + geom_gate synchronisation would be one-way. Cheers, Paul. -- e-mail: paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." --- Frank Vincent Zappa