From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 26 09:16:42 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA02599 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 09:16:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from psf.Pinyon.ORG (ppp1-25.presc.dialup.futureone.com [209.250.11.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA02594 for ; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 09:16:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rcarter@psf.Pinyon.ORG) Received: from psf.Pinyon.ORG (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by psf.Pinyon.ORG (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id KAA04684; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 10:13:03 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from rcarter@psf.Pinyon.ORG) Message-Id: <199901261713.KAA04684@psf.Pinyon.ORG> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Matthew Dillon cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'cpdup' program, and question In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 25 Jan 1999 23:21:01 PST." <199901260721.XAA14049@apollo.backplane.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 10:13:03 -0700 From: "Russell L. Carter" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG %:Ok, dumb question, how does this improve on rdist? %: %:"This program is relatively simple in design: It takes the source and %:"creates as near an exact duplicate on the destination as possible. It %:"has the following features: %: %:Russell % % Have you ever tried copying whole trees with rdist? It isn't fun. % rdist can't do half the things cpdup does. (Without trying to appear like I'm defending rdist) I only routinely used it to *simultaneously* update an identically configured *live* cluster of 16 FreeBSD systems from a template machine, and it never failed me... and I believe that Ron Minnich has done similar things with his cluster. This was through a 16 port 100mb Synoptics switch, mebbe that was the difference. But I don't really care one way or another, I'll try it out and see... Russell % % -Matt % Matthew Dillon % % To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message