Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 11:39:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Joe Schmoe <non_secure@yahoo.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: software equivs for netapps snapmirror / snapshots in FreeBSD fileserver ? Message-ID: <20040614183917.15638.qmail@web53302.mail.yahoo.com>
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I am very intrigued by some of the features that Network Appliance (NetApp) has for its network attached arrays. Chiefly:
snapmirror http://www.netapp.com/products/filer/snapmirror.html
which allows real time replication of a filesystem(s) over a WAN - and saves bandwidth by transferring changes only.
snapshot copies http://www.netapp.com/products/snapshot.html
which provides point-in-time snapshots of a filesystem(s) that can be returned to at any time - it keeps track of changes only (after the original snapshot data is created)
So ... if I want to use some features like this on my home fileserver (replicating to a friends fileserver over T1) ... do I have any hope of achieving these features with standard UNIX tools and scripts, or do I really need to buy things made by NetApp (or their competitors) to get features like this ?
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