check out drbd - it might do what you want. It can be thought of as a RAID across networks, since it works on the device level, not the file level, but it is not a RAID.
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Jon Watson <jwat...@watsysgroup.com> wrote: > I'm not sure either of this functionality falls within rsync's purview. > Rsync is an "open source utility that provides fast incremental file > transfer." It's not an application that mounts drives or clusters space > or provides P2P functionality. > > I can see using rsync *within* some apps that provide the functionality > you're looking for, but I don't see this functionality as something that > rsync itself should do. > > My 0.02. > > Jon > > Ryan hains wrote: >> Hi, I have 2 Suggestion for rsync. >> >> 1)You should have a feature that enables rsync to be able to manage a >> cluster of web servers with load balancers, so if a person has 100 web >> servers connected together and running them as a cluster with load >> balancers, rsync will mount all the hard-drives of the 100 web servers >> together so they appear as 1 big hard drive. So when a person accesses >> their website by going to their url like www.url.com/cpanel >> <http://www.url.com/cpanel>, cpanel or any other control panel will >> display all the hard drives as one big hard drive, so when a user >> uploads a file, rsync will make it automatically be available on all 100 >> server's hard drives. This would be great for programmers because they >> won't have to code their scripts to work in a cluster environment >> because all hard drives will appear as one. rsync should also work with >> databases like mysql so if a person installs mysql on the 1 big hard >> drive, rsync would automatically install it on all of the 100 server's >> hard drives, and if anything is added into the mysql database or >> changed, rsync will do this instantly. If a person installed PHP or PERL >> or PYTHON etc onto the 1 big hard drive, rsync would automatically >> install it on all 100 server hard drives. >> >> 2)Rsync should have a feature where a person installs rsync on their >> server, and then website visitors download a new desktop version of >> rsync and type in settings that the main server owner gives them and run >> this file on their home pc and their internet connection becomes part of >> the main server so their pc hard drive and cpu become part of the main >> server so when people access the website, some data will be downloaded >> from the main server, and some from the website visitors who downloaded >> and are running the app. There should be a bandwidth limiter so users >> can choose to share either 1Kbps, 56Kbps,128Kbps,1Mbps,10Mbps. >> >> Can you pass my suggestions onto the appropriate person/s? >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> Be Yourself @ mail.com! >> Choose From 200+ Email Addresses >> Get a *Free* Account at www.mail.com <http://www.mail.com/Product.aspx>! >> > > -- > Jon Watson, CD, Linux+ > Got the Group? > WATSYS Technology Consulting Group > 1.888.837.5229 ext 709 (Voice and Fax) > skype: watsysgroup > http://www.watsysgroup.com > > This message contains confidential information and is intended only for > the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not > disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender > immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and > delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be > guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be > intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or > contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any > errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a > result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please > request a hard-copy version: WATSYS Technology Consulting Group, Box > 2200, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada, B0N2T0. 1.888.837.5229. > http://www.watsysgroup.com > > -- > Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. > To unsubscribe or change options: > https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
