On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:01:54 +0100 Paul Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, it's rsync :) LOL. > Only modified files will be transferred, which should speed things up > a bit. The problem is, of course, making sure everything's bang up > to date. If you were only dealing with two nodes in the cluster I'd > suggest using DRBD. Yeah, adding extra nodes and still using Open-Source software seems to be an issue. It's times like this I wish I could program! > One possibility would be to build your cluster separately from the > existing node, with a different Virtual IP address and synch data > from the live node. Then, when you're ready to switch over you stop > the resource controlling the VIP, change the VIP to that of the live > node, shutdown the live node then start the VIP resource. This is the plan for the switch over, I'm glad someone else has come up with the same idea without prompting! Cheers, M. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk _______________________________________________ Linux-HA mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems
