Re: [Dorset] Hot Backup Mode

2014-07-24 Thread Terry Coles
On Tuesday 22 Jul 2014 19:04:03 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > No, you mean like a hot spare for failover when the primary goes kaput, > or even better, a cluster (of two) fileservers that are in sync and > share the load, read and write. This is all still uncertain. It now appears that the current sy

Re: [Dorset] Hot Backup Mode

2014-07-22 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > > > Can anyone explain hot backup mode in the context of file server > > > as opposed to a database? Can it be done? > > > > You mean you'd like to snapshot a filesystem so its own internal > > data is in a consitent state for backing up? No, you mean like a hot spare for failover wh

Re: [Dorset] Hot Backup Mode

2014-07-22 Thread Terry Coles
On Tuesday 22 Jul 2014 12:25:10 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > Can anyone explain hot backup mode in the context of file server as > > opposed to a database? Can it be done? > > You mean you'd like to snapshot a filesystem so its own internal data is > in a consitent state for backing up? Although the

Re: [Dorset] Hot Backup Mode

2014-07-22 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > Can anyone explain hot backup mode in the context of file server as > opposed to a database? Can it be done? You mean you'd like to snapshot a filesystem so its own internal data is in a consitent state for backing up? Although the files' data might be partially complete, e.g. tar cr

[Dorset] Hot Backup Mode

2014-07-22 Thread d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk
Can anyone explain hot backup mode in the context of file server as opposed to a database? Can it be done? Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-08-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug