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Date:      Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:44:55 -0400
From:      Bob Johnson <fbsdlists@gmail.com>
To:        Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: rsync and moving files [Re: backup w/ snapshots]
Message-ID:  <54db4399050829094475bfdf49@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <43133459.9030000@meijome.net>
References:  <20050828234043.H22315@maren.thelosingend.net> <20050829161506.E2522@maren.thelosingend.net> <43131C85.1070100@meijome.net> <20050829170053.M3014@maren.thelosingend.net> <43133459.9030000@meijome.net>

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On 8/29/05, Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> wrote:
> Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote:
> > * Norberto Meijome [2005-08-30 00:32 +1000]

> I guess the proper way to do this (if you are REALLY REALLY worried=20
> about that extra spaced used for snapshots in the remote site) would be=
=20
> to implement a GEOM class that knows about the remote site and the 'mv'=
=20
> condition and communicate to the remote end.

In principle, it already exists.  In practice, it might need more work.

Use a ggated(8) + ggatec(8) pair to establish a remote volume that
looks local, then use gmirror to make it a mirror of the local drive.

The big gotcha is that ggated/c only moves i/o requests and data via
the net, it doesn't move ioctls, so some things just won't work
remotely.  Or at least, that's what I've read.

[...]
>=20
> hmm...what about network operating systems like AFS or CODA (not that I=
=20
> know much about them, I just read some stuff on those being
> distruted,etc..)
>=20

Although CODA would probably work, I think the GEOM solution, if it
works, would be far easier to implement.

> Let us know how you solve this.
>=20
> Regards,
> Beto
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