knitti wrote:
On 8/7/06, Jens Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
While the networking part can be handled by carp, I'm collecting ideas
on how
to keep the local file systems in synch - especially for ftp users and
the
mailinglist archives. The synchronization will be done via a dedicated
cross
coonect cable directly between the boxes.
while I would do it with rsync (I know, depends on what you want to do),
I don't see any reason why ccd'ing two large nfs-exposed files shouldn't
work. But I think this would be more ugly and complicated than rsyncing
every x minutes...
Simplicity is your friend.
rsync is simple, easy to understand, and easy to recover.
mirroring over NFS is not simple. My money would be that you would
spend less time up and lose more data than a single, completely
non-redundant workstation (yes, no rsync, but with a good backup plan,
which you need anyway)...all in the name of "high redundancy".
No, I can't prove it, but I much prefer the simple solution which has
simple and understood problems, than the system which is never supposed
to break...and will anyway, in ways you never imagined, and may not be
able to figure out. Experience tends to suggest I'm right on that...
Nick.
