Re: [CentOS] Setup multiple bridges for use with KVM

> No. But you have to tell via config (I don't know how KVM does this) which > bridge the VM is going to use. And if you want it to be reachable via two > bridges you have to set it up for two bridges and give it two IP numbers. > And the packet then has to come in thru the correct interface/bridge

Re: [CentOS] I can't start the SVN server at the boot on CentOS

> How did you install it... from rpm? source? > > >From rpm Which RPM? >From which repo? (CentOS base or RPMForge, or directly downloaded from CollabNet?) It is still not clear for me whether you use mode_dav_svn or svnserve. (see my previous post) ___

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

From: Alan McKay > How can I save answers to questions in %pre, for use in %post? > I'm assuming (though have not yet tried) that variables won't live that long. > Could I save them off to /tmp in a file, and retrieve them? Yes but post can be used 'chrooted' or 'non-chrooted'. So be sure to put

[CentOS] Backup server

Hi all, I've built a new backup server for our linux-clients. Is Amanda the way to go for a backup-solution? It seems to be pretty powerful, if a bit finickety to set up initially. The way we currently do backups is to use rsync from the clients to two folders on an older server that rolls ove

Re: [CentOS] kickstart %pre help on C5.4

From: Alan McKay > I'm doing some %pre work for the first time in a very long time, and > have been at this all day so far and still don't have anything sorted > out properly. > First I tried just doing some simple bash stuff like this > %pre > #!/bin/bash > # stuff > I reduced "stuff" down to bas

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

On Wednesday 13 January 2010, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 01:05:39AM +0100, Peter Kjellstrom wrote: > > On Tuesday 12 January 2010, Les Mikesell wrote: > > > On 1/12/2010 10:39 AM, Peter Kjellstrom wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > >>> ...that said, it's not much worse than the comp

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

From: Sorin Srbu > I've built a new backup server for our linux-clients. > Is Amanda the way to go for a backup-solution? > It seems to be pretty powerful, if a bit finickety to set up initially. > The way we currently do backups is to use rsync from the clients to two > folders on an older serv

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:43:35AM +0100, Peter Kjellstrom wrote: > On Wednesday 13 January 2010, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 01:05:39AM +0100, Peter Kjellstrom wrote: > > > On Tuesday 12 January 2010, Les Mikesell wrote: > > > > On 1/12/2010 10:39 AM, Peter Kjellstrom wrote:

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

Sorin Srbu wrote: > Hi all, > > I've built a new backup server for our linux-clients. > > Is Amanda the way to go for a backup-solution? > > It seems to be pretty powerful, if a bit finickety to set up initially. > > The way we currently do backups is to use rsync from the clients to two > fol

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:04 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: > The way we currently do backups is to use rsync from the clients to two > folders on an older server that rolls over every other week. This worked fine > for a while, but the rsync is cumulative and the users generate a tremendous > amount of d

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:04 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: > >> The way we currently do backups is to use rsync from the clients to two >> folders on an older server that rolls over every other week. This worked fine >> for a while, but the rsync is cumulative and the users generate a tremendous >> amo

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

Sorin Srbu wrote: > Hi all, > > I've built a new backup server for our linux-clients. > > Is Amanda the way to go for a backup-solution? > > It seems to be pretty powerful, if a bit finickety to set up initially. > > The way we currently do backups is to use rsync from the clients to two > fol

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

+1 for Backuppc. On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > Sorin Srbu wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I've built a new backup server for our linux-clients. > > > > Is Amanda the way to go for a backup-solution? > > > > It seems to be pretty powerful, if a bit finickety to set up init

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

>-Original Message- >From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf >Of Barry Brimer >Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 2:15 PM >To: CentOS mailing list >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Backup server > >I use rsnapshot .. which manages sets of rsync backups using hardlin

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

Sorin Srbu wrote: > Somewhat similar, thanks. I think however I need to get away from this sort > of backups. They're just to space-consuming. Check out the user submitted HowTos on the Wiki. http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos#head-bab8e87dc82e722540e2d39de8408750004a8c4a Regards, Max __

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

Christopher Chan wrote: Funny you should mention software RAID1... I've seen two instances of that >>> getting silently out-of-sync and royally screwing things up beyond all >>> repair. >>> >>> Maybe this thread has gone on long enough now? >>> >> Not yet :) >> >> Please tell more about your

[CentOS] mapping sar -d devices to mount points

Sar -d reports devices like dev253-0. How can I map these to a mount point? I use a mixture of lvm with ext3 filesytems, plain ext3 filesystems on local storage, and ext3 filesystems on powerpath devices. Any help would be appreciated. _ "He's no fai

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

Sorin Srbu wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf >> Of Barry Brimer >> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 2:15 PM >> To: CentOS mailing list >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Backup server >> >> I use rsnapshot .. which manages

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

> Yes but post can be used 'chrooted' or 'non-chrooted'. > So be sure to put it in the correct tmp... > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/Installation_Guide-en-US/s1-kickstart2-postinstallconfig.html OK, will be trying that today. What I'm doing is coming up with a singl

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

BackupPC over here - very happy with it for Linux and Windoze, at home and work -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food" ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.c

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

>> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/Installation_Guide-en-US/s1-kickstart2-postinstallconfig.html Hmmm, that link tells me surprisingly little. Can you give some specifics as to how I might accomplish this? -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV”

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

Peter Kjellstrom wrote: >>> >> Please tell more about your hardware and software. What distro? What >> kernel? What disk controller? What disks? > > Both of my data-points are several years old so most of the details are lost > in the fog-of-lost-memories... > > Both were on desktop class hardwa

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

> On the machine where I had the problem I had to run memtest86 more than a day > to > finally catch it. Then after replacing the RAM and fsck'ing the volume, I > still > had mysterious problems about once a month until I realized that the disks > are > accessed alternately and the fsck pas

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

Alan McKay wrote: > BackupPC over here - very happy with it for Linux and Windoze, at home and > work I too have found BackupPC a marvelously simple-to-use program. In fact it seems to me much better for backing up Windows XP than Windows own Backup program, which I have never completely underst

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

>-Original Message- >From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf >Of Max Hetrick >Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 2:36 PM >To: CentOS mailing list >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Backup server > >Sorin Srbu wrote: > >> Somewhat similar, thanks. I think however I ne

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

>-Original Message- >From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf >Of Les Mikesell >Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 2:49 PM >To: CentOS mailing list >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Backup server > >Between compression and pooling, I get about 10x the raw data being

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

From: Alan McKay > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/Installation_Guide-en-US/s1-kickstart2-postinstallconfig.html > Hmmm, that link tells me surprisingly little. > Can you give some specifics as to how I might accomplish this? It means, if you don't use -nochroot, the '

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

>-Original Message- >From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf >Of Alan McKay >Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 3:01 PM >To: CentOS mailing list >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Backup server > >BackupPC over here - very happy with it for Linux and Windoze, at home

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

- Original Message > From: Les Mikesell > To: CentOS mailing list > Sent: Wed, January 13, 2010 2:49:11 PM > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Backup server > > Sorin Srbu wrote: > >> -Original Message- > >> From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > > Behal

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 9:48 AM, John Doe wrote: > It means, if you don't use -nochroot, the '/', when in post, will be > '/mnt/sysimage'. > If you do use -nochroot, the '/' will be '/'. Hmmm, that is behaving differently that what I see. I have never used --nochroot, and / is /. For quite so

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

I like better Bacula ... Personal I have Bacula ... configure to backup mac, windows, and linux servers ... Gabe -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 9:53 AM To: 'CentOS mailing

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

>-Original Message- >From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf >Of John Doe >Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:04 PM >To: CentOS mailing list >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Backup server > >[...] >If you need to run multiple Apache's for different services then

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

>-Original Message- >From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf >Of Gabriel Rosca >Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:09 PM >To: 'CentOS mailing list' >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Backup server > >I like better Bacula ... > >Personal I have Bacula ... configure

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

On 13.1.2010 12:04, Sorin Srbu wrote: > Hi all, > > I've built a new backup server for our linux-clients. > > Is Amanda the way to go for a backup-solution? > > It seems to be pretty powerful, if a bit finickety to set up initially. > > The way we currently do backups is to use rsync from the c

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

They have open source www.bacula.org Gabe -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:20 AM To: 'CentOS mailing list' Subject: Re: [CentOS] Backup server >-Original Message-

Re: [CentOS] Setup multiple bridges for use with KVM

Jacob Hydeman wrote on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:21:11 -0800: > The only device that has a static IP is br2, all others are set to none, but > each VM works. Interesting. I bear this in mind, in case I need it some time in the future. Kai -- Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.co

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: >>-Original Message- >>From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf >>Of Barry Brimer >>Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 2:15 PM >>To: CentOS mailing list >>Subject: Re: [CentOS] Backup server >> >>I use

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

So speaking of things that do not work as advertised, my --log=/some/log/file is also not working, it seems In any case, here is what I tried. In %pre I do this : echo > /tmp/foobar

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

Sorin Srbu wrote: > Sound very interesting indeed! > > I don't think the performance will be a problem, the server's a calculation > machine that has now been scrapped running a dual-x...@2,something GHz and > some 4GB RAM IIRC. Do you think the software-raid5 array used, would be a > problem i

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

On 1/13/2010 9:08 AM, Gabriel Rosca wrote: > > > My google searches would have me believe that Amanda is the more popular > choice for backup on linux. On this list it seems Backuppc is. Strange... > ;-) Amanda is good for tape, and has a nice feature of being able to estimate the sizes of full a

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

On 1/13/2010 9:04 AM, John Doe wrote: > > One thing that made me not use BackupPC was that (from the doc): > "The advantage of the mod_perl setup is that no setuid script is needed, > and there is a huge performance advantage The > typical speedup is around 15 times. > To use mod_perl you ne

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

On 1/13/2010 8:51 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: > >> >> Between compression and pooling, I get about 10x the raw data being archived >> with backuppc - it beats juggling tapes and you can let the users access the >> backups of their own machine through a web interface. There are some down >> sides >> to p

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

From: Alan McKay > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 9:48 AM, John Doe wrote: > > It means, if you don't use -nochroot, the '/', when in post, will be > '/mnt/sysimage'. > > If you do use -nochroot, the '/' will be '/'. > > Hmmm, that is behaving differently that what I see. > I have never used --nochroot

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:53 AM, John Doe wrote: > Try this: > in %pre, put in /tmp/foo > Then, use %post with -nochroot and check if /tmp/foo exists I thought of that but I don't want to mess up what I already have working with manipulating files in /etc But at least I can try it to see if this

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010, Gabriel Rosca wrote: > I like better Bacula ... > > Personal I have Bacula ... configure to backup mac, windows, and > linux servers ... +1 We back up the same mix with Bacula: Linux, Mac, Windows. We're still using tape for off-site backups, which bacula handles quite we

[CentOS] CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 59, Issue 4

Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-annou...@centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-requ..

[CentOS] Running Asterisk & Freepbx on readonly Root (Stateless System)

Hi I am trying to Run AsteriskNow 1.5 which uses Centos 5.3 Distribution with Readonly Root Filesytem. Right now if I shutdown the system abrupty or there is power failure linux kernel doesn't not boot "Kernel panic" and other short of issues.prb due to corrupted files. Thats why i want to make r

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

> I thought of that but I don't want to mess up what I already have > working with manipulating files in /etc > But at least I can try it to see if this much works It did mess up all my /etc work, and did not work anyway > > Or maybe, if it exists, use the ramdisk (/dev/shm)... > Will try that as

Re: [CentOS] I can't start the SVN server at the boot on CentOS

On 1/13/2010 12:41 AM, Anas Alnaffar wrote: > > > From: Anas Alnaffar >> I have just installed an SVN >> server on a CentOS 5.4 machine. >> how I can start the SVN server >> automatically at the boot of the machine. > > How did you install it... from rpm? source? > >> From rpm > > > Using builtin a

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

OK, NFS seems to work so that's my path forward I guess. Hacky, but works -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food" ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Digest, Vol 60, Issue 13

Another issue to consider with SSDs is that they are based on Flash technology. Each flash cell can only be written on about 10,000 to 100,000 times or so (*), so if you're using extensive read/write on your server you will be impacted. SSD manufacturers go around this issue by giving some intel

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

On Wed, 2010-01-13 at 10:03 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 1/13/2010 9:04 AM, John Doe wrote: > > > > One thing that made me not use BackupPC was that (from the doc): > > "The advantage of the mod_perl setup is that no setuid script is needed, > > and there is a huge performance advantage Th

Re: [CentOS] Problems loading drbd after upgrade

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 7:04 PM, robert mena wrote: > Hi, > I've upgrade the kernel to the latest version (C5) and after the update the > drbd is not being loaded at reboot time. > My previous running kernel was 2.6.18-164.el5. > I've checked the /lib/modules/ and > /lib/modules/2.6.18-164.10.1.el

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

Oh, one caveat for anyone who stumbles upon this - in %pre you do not need to start nfs but in %post you do, otherwise it will not work. /etc/init.d/netfs start -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food" _

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

On 1/13/2010 1:51 PM, Alan McKay wrote: > Oh, one caveat for anyone who stumbles upon this - in %pre you do not > need to start nfs but in %post you do, otherwise it will not work. > > /etc/init.d/netfs start Are you considering only an initial install or also subsequent updates or potential inst

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > Are you considering only an initial install or also subsequent updates > or potential installs that weren't part of the initial set? I don't quite understand the question. I'm just doing an initial install at the moment. -- “Don't eat any

Re: [CentOS] more kickstart - saving %pre decisions for %post

On 1/13/2010 2:14 PM, Alan McKay wrote: > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >> Are you considering only an initial install or also subsequent updates >> or potential installs that weren't part of the initial set? > > I don't quite understand the question. > > I'm just doing an i

[CentOS] kickstart config file for LiveCD

Going through the steps for putting a LiveCD on a USB stick, I'm reading the docs and one is a bit ambiguous on one point: says: "The LiveCD creation process requires a kickstart configuration file." But two lines above that, is says the

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

Jussi Hirvi wrote: > I think nobody has yet mentioned rdiff-backup. I have very good > experiences with it. Easy to setup and control (only remember first to > install the required packages, and I think rsync-devel was not mentioned > but is required). What did you run into that requires rsync-

Re: [CentOS] New selinux-policy breaks logwatch emails?

On Jan 8, 2010, at 4:54 PM, James Rankin wrote: > For anyone else finding this: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=553492 > Here's a stupid question, can we install the rpm provided on the link above (see comment 12)? Or is the correct way to modify the local policy? Thanks, Di

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Digest, Vol 60, Issue 13

Emanuel Machado wrote: > Another issue to consider with SSDs is that they are based on Flash > technology. Each flash cell can only be written on about 10,000 to > 100,000 times or so (*), so if you're using extensive read/write on > your server you will be impacted. SSD manufacturers go around thi

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Digest, Vol 60, Issue 13

On 1/13/2010 3:31 PM, Bob McConnell wrote: > Emanuel Machado wrote: >> Another issue to consider with SSDs is that they are based on Flash >> technology. Each flash cell can only be written on about 10,000 to >> 100,000 times or so (*), so if you're using extensive read/write on >> your server you

[CentOS] Bonding modes

I have a bonded interface running in mode 1 which is active/passive and no issue with this. I need to change it to mode 0 for active/active setup. Does mode 0 is dependent on the switches configuration? My setup is: 2 links from bonded interface is connected to different switches. When I change to

Re: [CentOS] Bonding modes

Paras pradhan wrote: > I have a bonded interface running in mode 1 which is active/passive and no > issue with this. I need to change it to mode 0 for active/active setup. Does > mode 0 is dependent on the switches configuration? My setup is: 2 links from > bonded interface is connected to differen

[CentOS] CentOS 5.4 32-bit vs. 64-bit strange mystery WRT PXEBoot

I am in the process of migrating my desktop system from 32-bit CentOS 4.8 to 64-bit CentOS 5.4. One of the things I want to be able to do is boot my IBM Thinkpad X25 laptop via its PXEBoot ROM over the LAN (it has a hard disk and boot locally just fine, I just want a way to boot it for rescue and/

Re: [CentOS] Bonding modes

Nate, Thanks for you input. 802.3ad seems better but I am not in a position to terminate both links in the same switch or same stack. What about mode 6? Thanks Paras. On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 4:31 PM, nate wrote: > Paras pradhan wrote: > > I have a bonded interface running in mode 1 which is ac

[CentOS] centos on vmware worstation not mounting cdrom

Hello, I will appreciate any help on this... I have for testing purposes CentOS 4.7 running on VMWare workstation 6.5, I need to boot the centos virtual machine from the cdrom in order to test an upgrade to an upper centos version but I cant make the centos to mount the cdrom at the boot time,

Re: [CentOS] centos on vmware worstation not mounting cdrom

On 1/13/2010 4:45 PM, Ivan Arteaga wrote: > Hello, > > I will appreciate any help on this... I have for testing purposes CentOS > 4.7 running on VMWare workstation 6.5, I need to boot the centos virtual > machine from the cdrom in order to test an upgrade to an upper centos > version but I cant mak

Re: [CentOS] Bonding modes

Paras pradhan wrote: > Nate, > > Thanks for you input. 802.3ad seems better but I am not in a position to > terminate both links in the same switch or same stack. What about mode 6? I have a NFS cluster running mode 6 with two systems, it works ok, been running for a bit over a year now. Each sys

Re: [CentOS] Bonding modes

On 1/13/2010 4:31 PM, nate wrote: > > 10GbE is really cheap these days(cheaper than 1GbE in some cases > on a per Gb basis) if you need faster performance, and simple > to configure, I wrote a blog on this a couple of months ago: > > http://www.techopsguys.com/2009/11/17/affordable-10gbe-has-arrive

Re: [CentOS] Bonding modes

Thanks nate. Right now I am not concerned with the load balancing. I have few cluster nodes and if I run mode1 , then the failover time may lead to cluster timeout. I have not tested it yet but I will do it. So if the failover time from active to backup is very small and in miliseconds my cluster

Re: [CentOS] Bonding modes

Les Mikesell wrote: > Are there good 10Gb cards/drivers for the linux side? My NAS vendor has deployed many systems with Chelsio 10GbE cards in the field, say they are good. http://www.chelsio.com/products_10g_adapters.html http://service.chelsio.com/ <- drivers/etc I have a friend who does 10G

Re: [CentOS] Bonding modes

Paras pradhan wrote: > Thanks nate. > > Right now I am not concerned with the load balancing. I have few cluster > nodes and if I run mode1 , then the failover time may lead to cluster > timeout. I have not tested it yet but I will do it. So if the failover time > from active to backup is very sma

Re: [CentOS] Bonding modes

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:36 PM, nate wrote: > Paras pradhan wrote: > > Thanks nate. > > > > Right now I am not concerned with the load balancing. I have few cluster > > nodes and if I run mode1 , then the failover time may lead to cluster > > timeout. I have not tested it yet but I will do it.

[CentOS] unison versus rsync

Anyone got any actual comparisons between unison and rsync specifically related to the performance of synchronization of large data sets over slow links? I have a huge tree to start replication of Friday and know that if I sync the root paths it will take ages and with the lack of any overall sta

Re: [CentOS] unison versus rsync

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > Anyone got any actual comparisons between unison and rsync specifically > related > to the performance of synchronization of large data sets over slow links? > > I have a huge tree to start replication of Friday and know that if I sync th

Re: [CentOS] unison versus rsync

On 1/13/2010 5:54 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > Anyone got any actual comparisons between unison and rsync specifically > related > to the performance of synchronization of large data sets over slow links? > > I have a huge tree to start replication of Friday and know that if I sync the > root >

Re: [CentOS] Running Asterisk & Freepbx on readonly Root (Stateless System)

Alok Prasad wrote: > Hi > I am trying to Run AsteriskNow 1.5 which uses Centos 5.3 Distribution > with Readonly Root Filesytem. > > Right now if I shutdown the system abrupty or there is power failure > linux kernel > doesn't not boot "Kernel panic" and other short of issues.prb due to > corr

Re: [CentOS] centos on vmware worstation not mounting cdrom

Les Mikesell wrote: On 1/13/2010 4:45 PM, Ivan Arteaga wrote: Hello, I will appreciate any help on this... I have for testing purposes CentOS 4.7 running on VMWare workstation 6.5, I need to boot the centos virtual machine from the cdrom in order to test an upgrade to an upper cen

Re: [CentOS] unison versus rsync

>I didn't think unison was maintained any more - and I wouldn't expect >anything to beat rsync with the -z option on a slow link. I'd just use >the -P option and restart it when/if it fails. It wouldn't hurt to do >subsets first since they will be quickly skipped when you repeat from >the roo

Re: [CentOS] unison versus rsync

Joseph L. Casale wrote: > Looks like rf has 3.0.7, thanks for that tip. Frankly, I abhor the thought > of even using rsync for this, it's over a vpn so there is absolutely no need > for encryption but I don't know another tool that can transfer diffs only? Check out HPN-SSH, I use it extensively

Re: [CentOS] Problems loading drbd after upgrade

Hi, Thanks. 1) kmod-drbd82-8.2.6-2 drbd83-8.3.2-6.el5_3 2) lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 52 Aug 6 17:28 /lib/modules/2.6.18-128.4.1.el5/weak-updates/drbd82/drbd.ko -> /lib/modules/2.6.18-92.1.13.el5/extra/drbd82/drbd.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2047377 Oct 26 15:07 /lib/modules/2.6.18-164.10.1.el5/

Re: [CentOS] unison versus rsync

When you are ove a tunnel such as vpn connection, you can use it in daemon mode on one side and rsync to or from that side on the other side. Sounds like server/client application. 2010-01-14 xufengnju 发件人： Joseph L. Casale 发送时间： 2010-01-14 09:12:16 收件人： 'CentOS mailing list' 抄送： 主

Re: [CentOS] Problems loading drbd after upgrade

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 6:02 PM, robert mena wrote: > Hi, > Thanks. > 1) > kmod-drbd82-8.2.6-2 > drbd83-8.3.2-6.el5_3 You have drbd83 but the kernel module is for drbd82. I would uninstall kmod-drbd82 and install kmod-drbd83. However, I'm not using drbd myself. Fabian? Ralph? anyone? At any r

Re: [CentOS] unison versus rsync

>Check out HPN-SSH, I use it extensively to transfer files over >ssh, it provides a null cipher which you can use to disable >encryption of data, while still maintaining encryption of >authentication credentials. > >http://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/hpn-ssh/ > >I transfer over a terrabyte of d

Re: [CentOS] unison versus rsync

Joseph L. Casale wrote: >> I didn't think unison was maintained any more - and I wouldn't expect >> anything to beat rsync with the -z option on a slow link. I'd just use >> the -P option and restart it when/if it fails. It wouldn't hurt to do >> subsets first since they will be quickly skippe

Re: [CentOS] unison versus rsync

Joseph L. Casale wrote: > That looks impressive, I would love to use that for other needs as well. > How exactly do you go about installing this under CentOS? I can > pretty well assume that patching the stock rpm would not work:) For me I just built it from source and patched it, then built cust

Re: [CentOS] unison versus rsync

nate wrote: > Joseph L. Casale wrote: > >> That looks impressive, I would love to use that for other needs as well. >> How exactly do you go about installing this under CentOS? I can >> pretty well assume that patching the stock rpm would not work:) > > For me I just built it from source and patc

Re: [CentOS] unison versus rsync

>Am I missing something or does it only matter where you have a very high >bandwidth connection with some latency? I would imagine, but I have a server that takes rsync/ssh connections from multiple windows boxes everyday for differential updates to copies of databases and the load on that machi

Re: [CentOS] unison versus rsync

Les Mikesell wrote: > Am I missing something or does it only matter where you have a very high > bandwidth connection with some latency? That is why I use it, high bandwidth and some latency. I mentioned it because it also has the none cipher which disables encryption, might be more flexible then

Re: [CentOS] unison versus rsync

Joseph L. Casale wrote: > Nate, care to share those packages:) Sure I can post them somewhere tomorrow probably, nothing fancy.. nate ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] yum install -y gcc?

Dear All I tried to install GCC3.x , required to compile Asterisk , on my CentOS 5 server as the followings : #yum install -y gcc But in the middle of the installation , my server went down from sudden power cut . After power recovery , I tried again but I am facing with the following error : "Erro

Re: [CentOS] Are SSD disks worth the cost for server usage?

Hi, > - A: one is with 80 GB SSD (and 12 GB memory) > http://www.ovh.co.uk/products/eg_ssd.xml > - B: the other with 750 GB SATA2 (and 8 GB memory). > http://www.ovh.co.uk/products/eg_best_of.xml The Intel SSD are fast but have a history of firmware problems. So I wouldn't suggest using them on a

Re: [CentOS] unison versus rsync

Joseph L. Casale wrote: >> Am I missing something or does it only matter where you have a very high >> bandwidth connection with some latency? > > I would imagine, but I have a server that takes rsync/ssh connections from > multiple > windows boxes everyday for differential updates to copies of

Re: [CentOS] 10 Gbit iSCSI

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 03:32:05PM -0800, nate wrote: > Les Mikesell wrote: > > > Are there good 10Gb cards/drivers for the linux side? > > My NAS vendor has deployed many systems with Chelsio 10GbE cards > in the field, say they are good. > > http://www.chelsio.com/products_10g_adapters.html >

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

>-Original Message- >From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf >Of Gabriel Rosca >Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:21 PM >To: 'CentOS mailing list' >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Backup server > >They have open source > >www.bacula.org My mistake. Thanks for t

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

>-Original Message- >From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf >Of Brian Mathis >Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:32 PM >To: CentOS mailing list >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Backup server > >Do you currently need that disk space for something else? No, I don