As an aside, replication has been implemented as part of the new Storage 7000 family. Here's a link to a blog discussing using the 7000 Simulator running in two separate VMs and replicating w/ each other:
http://blogs.sun.com/pgdh/entry/fun_with_replicating_the_sun I'm not sure of the specifics of how, but it might provide ideas of how it can be accomplished. Regards. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] continuous replication From: Brent Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ian Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Date: Wed Nov 12 16:46:37 2008 > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 3:40 PM, River Tarnell > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Ian Collins: >> >>> I doubt zfs receive would be able to keep pace with any non-trivial update >>> rate. >>> >> one could consider this a bug in zfs receive :) >> >> >>> Mirroring iSCSI or a dedicated HA tool would be a better solution. >>> >> i'm not sure how to apply iSCSI here; the pool needs to be mounted at least >> read-only on both hosts at the same time. (also suggested was AVS, which >> doesn't allow keeping the pool mounted on the slave.) at least Solaris >> Cluster, from what i've seen, doesn't allow this either; the failover is >> handled by importing the pool during failover. >> >> - river. >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> iD8DBQFJG2ltIXd7fCuc5vIRAv5PAJ4lrVLcWuQlJkY05fxCYkLn8kgtxQCgo/CX >> Ae17uVMuX1FABt73hmeULmM= >> =OZZa >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> _______________________________________________ >> zfs-discuss mailing list >> zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >> >> > > It sounds like you need either a true clustering file system or to > draw back your plans to see changes read-only instantly on the > secondary node. > What kind of link do you plan between these nodes? Would the link keep > up with non-trivial updates? > > > > _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
