A Dimecres 04 Juny 2008, Eric Searcy va escriure: > On Jun 4, 2008, at 7:06 AM, Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda wrote: > > Hi, > > > > changing my current configuration using nfs (local) to another one > > with rsync > > and I have realised that probably I have a missunderstand the dirvish > > program. So, I would like to ask you if I have done a big mistake. > > > > I have a box (ris) with the /home of my users. I have another box > > (ulises) > > where I would like to put the backup files. If I mount (nfs) the > > partition > > from ulises to ris, and I run dirvish in ris, I can do a local > > backup, as I > > have done. > > > > But, but reading again the documentation I have found that, if I > > want to use > > my transport as ssh, I would need to run dirvish in ulises, not in > > ris, > > because the server is the box where the backup is stored and the > > client is > > the box where I take the files from. > > > > Is this correct? Or can I run dirvish in one box and store the files > > in > > another box using ssh? > > You are correct in your reevaluation of how it works. Dirvish is > meant to be used on the backup server (it does `pulls', not `pushes').
Ok thanks to confirm it. Probably I didn't understand the documentation, but some lines about it would help to the new users. > The reason you can't push is because Dirvish depends on having > information about inode numbers for hard-links, which you can't do > when you're pushing the data elseware. The only way (I can think of) > to save the files remotely is what you were doing first: mount the > remote drive via NFS (NFS preserves inode information). In theory, > you're still doing a `pull'---just from one location on the virtual > filesystem to a second location which happens to be mounted NFS. > Assuming you can optimize your NFS options and network as was > discussed in the previous thread, there isn't a reason you can't do > this. the main problem is that many times is slow and some people in the list commented that the best way to do it is by rsync. > But if you can toss a few perl scripts on ulises (which is all > dirvish is, after all) and run them via cron, then you can do a pull > over rsync. the main problem is that I have to port perl. But, well, it could be interesting. I have always thought that this kind of little boxes with an arm have a lot potential for this kind of job. Anyway, thanks for the information. Best regards, Leo _______________________________________________ Dirvish mailing list [email protected] http://www.dirvish.org/mailman/listinfo/dirvish
