To be honest is not easier to install on server FreeBSD or Solaris where ZFS is natively supported? I moved my own server to FreeBSD and I didn't noticed huge difference between Linux distros and freebsd, I have no idea what about Solaris but it might be still similar environment.
Sent from my iPhone > On 30 Oct 2013, at 10:15 pm, Lists <li...@benjamindsmith.com> wrote: > >> On 10/25/2013 11:14 AM, Chuck Munro wrote: >> To keep the two servers in sync I use 'lsyncd' which is essentially a >> front-end for rsync that cuts down thrashing and overhead dramatically >> by excluding the full filesystem scan and using inotify to figure out >> what to sync. This allows almost-real-time syncing of the backup >> machine. (BTW, you need to crank the resources for inotify waaaaay up >> for large filesystems with a couple million files.) > > Playing with lsyncd now, thanks for the tip! > > One qeustion though: why did you opt to use lsyncd rather than using ZFS > snapshots/send/receive? > > Thanks, > > Ben > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
