Is there a problem with using just rsync vs backupcc? I need to read about backupcc and how easy it is to setup. On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Burnash, James <jburnash at knight.com> wrote: > I think the answer to that problem is to back up from a machine that has the native Gluster client mount the data that needs to be backed up - that way you don't have to worry about replicas and attributes. > > Of course this seems to indicate that you would need to restore the same way ... but I'm not positive about that. > > James Burnash, Unix Engineering > > -----Original Message----- > From: gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org [mailto:gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org] On Behalf Of Mohit Anchlia > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 1:39 PM > To: Sabuj Pattanayek; gluster-users at gluster.org > Subject: Re: Backup Strategy > > One confusion I have is when maintaining multiple bricks on multiple > physical volume and a replica also how do we do effective backups? > > So if I have 4 node glusterfs cluster and replica of 2 then how do I > effectively do the backups such that I don't backup multiple copies or > overwrite files when doing backups. > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Sabuj Pattanayek <sabujp at gmail.com> wrote: >> If you want to do backup to disk then I highly recommend backuppc . >> >> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Mohit Anchlia <mohitanchlia at gmail.com> wrote: >>> I would like to hear from experienced users of glusterFS about how >>> they are currently doing backups. I am looking at solutions but not >>> sure which one to use and how to effectively use them. First thing >>> comes to my mind is using rsync. >>> >>> Please advice. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gluster-users mailing list >>> Gluster-users at gluster.org >>> http://gluster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gluster-users mailing list >> Gluster-users at gluster.org >> http://gluster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users >> > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > Gluster-users at gluster.org > http://gluster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users > > > DISCLAIMER: > This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please immediately notify me and permanently delete the original and any copy of any e-mail and any printout thereof. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. 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. > NOTICE REGARDING PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY Knight Capital Group may, at its discretion, monitor and review the content of all e-mail communications. http://www.knight.com >
