Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 16:37:26 -0600 From: Anti <fearow@attbi.com> To: Ralph Dratman <ralph@maxsoft.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Create a "hot backup" server machine? Message-ID: <20030330163726.565a3744.fearow@attbi.com> In-Reply-To: <v04210106baad1dcad428@[192.168.1.27]> References: <v04210106baad1dcad428@[192.168.1.27]>
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On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:18:54 -0500 Ralph Dratman <ralph@maxsoft.com> wrote: > I'm trying to create an offsite "hot backup" of a FreeBSD server. If > the primary server fails, I want to transport the spare machine to > the existing site and bring it up as a replacement, with little or no > reconfiguration necessary. > > Nightly mirroring would be adequate in this situation. The system is > not running live transaction processing or anything comparable. > > Is there a straightforward, automated way to mirror a whole FreeBSD > system, using open source software? rsync?
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