--On August 29, 2014 at 4:27:57 PM +0200 Marcus Schopen <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm planing to use lvm snaps and rsync for a daily disaster recovery > backup on my master cyrus (2.4.12 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS): Have you tested lvm snaps for this purpose yet? When I tried to use lvm snapshots in this way a few years ago, it absolutely killed performance on the volume with the active snapshots. Hopefully things have improved, but I wouldn't bet on it. -David > ctl_cyrusdb -c > ctl_mboxlist -d > mailboxes.db.dump > stop cyrus > lvm snaps > start cyrus > rsync /var/lib/cyrus/ and /var/spool/cyrus to backup host > remove snaps > > Is there something to be aware with rsync especially > with /var/spool/cyrus directories? > > Beside that the master is in master-slave replication too. In a case of > disaster recovery - if you don't want to make the slave to the master - > would it work out to rsync /var/lib/cyrus/ and /var/spool/cyrus from the > slave to the master or is that not a good idea? > > Ciao > Marcus > > > ---- > Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ > List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/ > To Unsubscribe: > https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/info-cyrus ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/ To Unsubscribe: https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/info-cyrus
