On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 12:46:33PM -0500, Jim Canfield wrote: > Greetings, > > I currently have a situation where I have decided against raid mirroring > for several reasons, primarily because I always want a snapshot of a > previous day on a second drive. I am looking for some best practice > advice on how this should be done. I'd like to hear some better ideas > if you all have any: take a look at rsnapshot.org -- it use rsync to do what you want.. and more. > > System: Centos 4.4 (Maybe 5) > Disks: /dev/sba,/dev/sdb (Identical 36GB SCSI) > Goals: After initial image, the machine should stay online during > nightly sync. If the primary drive fails, restore should be a matter > of removing the primary drive and replacing it with the backup drive. > > > 1) Image complete system to rescue drive using bootable cd (dd > if=/dev/sba of=/dev/sdb) > > 2) Create rsync script that does the following: > > mount rescue (mount /dev/sdb /rescue) > rsync primary drive to rescue drive (rsync -ax --delete --force > --exclude /rescue / /rescue/) > unmount mirror (umount /rescue) > > 3) Add script to cron daily. > > Almost seems too simple, that scares me! ;) I can't help but wonder if > 'drbd' could do this this more efficiently > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- David Bear phone: 602-496-0424 fax: 602-496-0955 College of Public Programs/ASU University Center Rm 622 411 N Central Phoenix, AZ 85007-0685 "Beware the IP portfolio, everyone will be suspect of trespassing" -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
