I have a linux box with many daemons running with raid system(squid, telnet,
ftp, samba, nis, dhcp). I want to do an exact replication and update of this
box to another one. Under Netware you can use SFT-III so am looking to
realize the same thing with Linux. After some tests i found that nfs take a
lot of cpu during the file transfert under a plip link so i will now try
with rsync with an ethernet link.
Carl St-Jacques
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Axalon
> Sent: 22 juillet, 1999 10:12
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] Serial link
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> On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Jean-Louis Debert wrote:
>
> > Carl St-Jacques wrote:
>
> It is a good subject.
>
> > > I wasn't thinking to create such discussion on serial
> link.... But my goal
> > > is to have a replication between two linux servers. With this
> replication
> >
> > What do you mean, _servers_ ??? So, you would likely _already_ have
> > ethernet
> > on each, so what's the beef ???
>
> Your takeing servers in to litteral a sense, if i deck out my box with a
> load of daemons it's a server even if it has no clients.
>
> > > i'm gona be able to respond very quickly in case of system
> crash or failure
> > > of the primary server.
> >
> > Serial link (or even parallel link for that matter) is _not_ going to
> > enable
> > you to respond "quickly", better use ethernet in that case. Will need
> > ethernet cards (if you don't already have those) but it's not all that
> > expensive (say 20$ for a couple of _new_ 10Mb ones, prices go down all
> > the way to zero if you can get _used_ ones).
>
> They are two feet away, i don't understand why you would create a custom
> server/client (you'll have to if your trying what i think you are) app
> when the other pc is two feet away (unless there's a wall in that 2'
> somewhere). I did see recently a toolkit for createing applications that
> use para ports, if you can finger where i saw it [let me know =-( ] it'll
> cut your workload abit maybe.
>
> > > So right now i'm doing some tests with a parallel link and i
> use nfs to do
> > > the replication of the most important directores and files.
> I'm open on
> > > better ideas or suggestions... Thanks
> >
> > Wouldn't mirror (or rsync) be better than nfs to replicate ?
>
> All a matter of preference, mine being rsync or nfs over ftp mirroring.
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> > --
> > Jean-Louis Debert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 74 Annemasse France
> > old Linux fan
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