On 03 Feb 2011, at 13:45, Patrick Goetz wrote: > On further thought, it seems like this would be a solution: > > ---------- ---------- > | Server 1 | ---DRBD--> | Server 2 | > ---------- ---------- > > Step 1: Stop cyrus on Server 1. > Step 2: Turn off replication on Server 2. > Step 3: Restart cyrus on Server 1. > Step 4: Back up filesystem on Server 2. > Step 5. Turn replication back on on Server 2. > > > Cyrus would only have to be off for a few seconds on Server 1, and > resynchronizing after the connection has been terminated for a couple of > hours shouldn't be a problem, either. I'm sure this (I'm assuming both servers above are replicas) would work for you. I wonder, tho, why use DRBD rather than cyrus replication. :wes ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/
