> > I'm looking for a way to create a real-time mirror of a NAS. In other words, > > say I have a 5.5 TB NAS (3ware 16-drive array, RAID-5, 500 GB drives). I want > > to mirror it in real time to a completely separate 5.5 TB NAS. RSYNCing in > > the background is not an option. The two NAS boxes need to hold identical > > data at all times. It is NOT necessary that the data be accessed from both > > NAS boxes simultaneously. One is simply a backup of the other. > > > I don't have any experience with it, but I've often seen DRBD mentioned > for just this sort of situation. I'd look into that. > Linux NBD (and md on top) is a simpler solution for the same thing. I'd look into that also :) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html