Re: Aw: Re: rsync remote raw block device with --inplace

2018-12-30 Thread Rolf Fokkens via rsync
It was broucht up before indeed: https://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2012-June/027680.html On 12/30/18 9:50 PM, devzero--- via rsync wrote: There have been addons to rsync in the past to do that but rsync really isn't the correct tool for the job. why not correct tool ? if rsync can greatly

Re: BDsync: Block Device sync

2012-07-10 Thread Rolf Fokkens
Thanks for your feedback, I'm aware of the potential dataloss. So far however in my experience (Linux, ext4) systems recover very well from unforseen shutdowns, especially if the application software (like Oracle databases) also addresses this. I could have the VM's use data=journal to further

Re: BDsync: Block Device sync

2012-06-27 Thread Rolf Fokkens
ing a moment in time like someone pulled the power plug. I assume that the VM's can recover from that. I do agree though that DRBD may be a suitable alternative. Rolf Op 27-06-12 15:48 schreef Karl O. Pinc : >On 06/27/2012 06:51:29 AM, Rolf Fokkens wrote: > >> After having wres

BDsync: Block Device sync

2012-06-27 Thread Rolf Fokkens
Hi! After having wrestled with rsync and several patches I found a solution to synchronize block devices: BDsync. Bdsync can be used to synchronize block devices over a network. It generates a "binary diff" in an efficient way by comparing MD5 checksums of 32k blocks of block devices. This binar