From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Jun 15 1: 4: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from everest.wananchi.com (pop.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 525ED37B407 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 01:03:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by everest.wananchi.com with local (Exim 3.22 #2) id 15ADEI-000M90-00; Wed, 13 Jun 2001 19:10:50 +0300 Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 19:10:50 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: Brian Cc: FBSD-ISP Subject: Re: keeping identical copy of second drive Message-ID: <20010613191050.B81611@everest.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , Brian , FBSD-ISP References: <20010612222842.I23911@schvin.net> <010501c0f390$0ee67b80$1900a8c0@d7k> <011501c0f390$822b4d50$1900a8c0@d7k> <009a01c0f395$d5ee1300$3324200a@sonicboom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UugvWAfsgieZRqgk" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <009a01c0f395$d5ee1300$3324200a@sonicboom.org>; from "Brian" on Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 04:17:16PM -0700 X-Disclaimer: My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my employer. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386 X-Mailer: Mutt http://www.mutt.org/ X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. X-Uptime: 7:10PM up 21 days, 8:15, 3 users, load averages: 0.19, 0.17, 0.16 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --UugvWAfsgieZRqgk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Brian [20010613 02:18]: writing on the subject 'Re: k= eeping identical copy of second drive' Brian> you willing to live with losing work since the last rsync? If not, = rsid Brian> mirroring is the answer. Brian>=20 Hi Brian, What is rsid?? Brian> Brian Brian>=20 Brian> ----- Original Message ----- Brian> From: "Alex Huppenthal" Brian> To: "Alex Huppenthal" ; "George Lewis" Brian> ; "Rowan Crowe" Brian> Cc: Brian> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 3:39 PM Brian> Subject: Re: keeping identical copy of second drive Brian>=20 Brian>=20 Brian> > You won't have a precise mirror with rsync. Brian> > Brian> > Brian> > ----- Original Message ----- Brian> > From: "Alex Huppenthal" Brian> > To: "George Lewis" ; "Rowan Crowe" Brian> > Brian> > Cc: Brian> > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 4:36 PM Brian> > Subject: Re: keeping identical copy of second drive Brian> > Brian> > Brian> > > I've used rsync with some good success. Between (2) 450 Mhz PIII= 's Brian> systems Brian> > > with Barracuda drives, we kept about 2 GB of users, configuratio= n data Brian> and Brian> > > websites sync'd to 15 minute intervals. I setup a private 'admin= ' LAN Brian> > > between the two systems to keep network performance on the custo= mer side Brian> > > unaffected by the backup traffic. Brian> > > Brian> > > Brian> > > ----- Original Message ----- Brian> > > From: "George Lewis" Brian> > > To: "Rowan Crowe" Brian> > > Cc: Brian> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 4:28 PM Brian> > > Subject: Re: keeping identical copy of second drive Brian> > > Brian> > > Brian> > > > Rowan Crowe (rowan@sensation.net.au) wrote: Brian> > > > > Hello, Brian> > > > > Brian> > > > > I am just about to take delivery of a new 1RU machine which = has Brian> > > identical Brian> > > > > 20Gb drives, one of them in a removable caddy. Ideally I wan= t the Brian> > second Brian> > > > > HD to be a mirror image of the first, either in real time or Brian> > > periodically Brian> > > > > transferred over. Brian> > > > Brian> > > > A periodic dump(1) piped with ufsrestore(1M) would create an e= xact Brian> > > > image of the disk to the second disk. That'd probably work pre= tty Brian> > > > well for keep a hot spare disk around. 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