Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 21:08:16 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: BSD Freak <bsd-freak@mbox.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Network RAID on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20020613020816.GA63459@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <123a0fb123a261.123a261123a0fb@mbox.com.au> References: <123a0fb123a261.123a261123a0fb@mbox.com.au>
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In the last episode (Jun 13), BSD Freak said: > Hi all, > > We have a server which is highly critical. Data loss or downtime on it > is not an option so we have a hardware RAID 1 and also a second "hot > host" (in another building) which replicates data from the main one > every 30 minutes (via rsync). However it is this 30 minute window that > concerns me because that leaves us open to 30 minutes of data loss. > > So basically what I'm asking is (without switching to Sun equipent) is > it possible to do some sort of network RAID where data is written to > both systems simultaneously? We need our system to carry on with no > data loss even if one of the servers should suffer a complete system > failure (ie be blown up or thrown out of the window)...... Only by doing it in software; i.e. using Mysql's replication feature to simultaneously update a remote database, or modifying your applications to update the remote system as part of their regular operation. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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