Matteo,

If you're using the LockingFollowingJournalReader, you can add create a lock 
file to pause followers.

Eddie

On Oct 3, 2012, at 10:39 AM, Matteo Bertazzo <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>  we're running fedora in "leader/follower" configuration so the ingest phase 
> is going on the leader node and followers are in read only mode.
> Fedora datastores are on local FSs and all the VMs access a shared FS for the 
> journals.
> We're using a load balancer in order to distribute API-A calls to the nodes.
> Given this configuration i would like to perform scheduled hot backups of a 
> follower without stopping fedora or changing the LB configuration.
> 
> We think we have to suspend the journaling on a follower node in order to 
> perform a safe backup on it. What do you think?
> We could not find a way to "suspend" the RMI journaling without a fedora 
> restart. Can you confirm this?
> 
> Given this configuration and these constraints,  IF we find a way to 
> "suspend" the journaling (ie using the FS transport), do you think it would 
> be safe to perform a hot backup of a follower node even if it is running 
> (=readonly access)? We're wondering about open files or similar problems.
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> all the best,
> Matteo

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