I would not say that it is the only and official way. For examples, the bareos (bareos.org) backup system can talk to cluster via gfapi, IIRC
Il 21/nov/2016 17:32, "Gandalf Corvotempesta" < gandalf.corvotempe...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > > 2016-11-21 15:48 GMT+01:00 Aravinda <avish...@redhat.com>: > > When you set checkpoint, you can watch the status of checkpoint completion > > using geo-rep status. Once checkpoint complete, it is guaranteed that > > everything created before Checkpoint Time is synced to slave.(Note: It only > > ensures that all the creates/updates done before checkpoint time but Geo-rep > > may sync the files which are created/modified after Checkpoint time) > > > > Read more about Checkpoint here > > http://gluster.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Administrator%20Guide/Geo%20Replication/#checkpoint > > Thank you. > So, can I assume this is the official (and only) way to properly > backup a Gluster storage ? > I'm saying "only" way because it would be impossible to backup a multi > terabyte storage with any other software. > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-users mailing list > Gluster-users@gluster.org > http://www.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users
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