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Date:      Tue, 27 May 2003 15:48:26 +0200
From:      Nils Vogels <nivo+freebsd-isp@yuckfou.org>
To:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: replicating data over 2 servers
Message-ID:  <20030527134826.GN10795@imhotep.yuckfou.org>
In-Reply-To: <2404.148.243.211.187.1054023759.squirrel@mail.unixmexico.com>
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On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 03:22:39AM -0500, nbari@unixmexico.com () wrote:
> the problem when using rsync in both servers is that if data on server A
> is  updated, and data on server B is updated at the same time, there is a
> chance to lost data.

So deny write-permissions on either server A or server B for the files
involved :)

If the server goes down, you will notice it by your notification tool anyways,
and you can temporarily (or maybe even scripted) change the write-permissions
of the files involved.

HTH & HAND

Nils.



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