[Vserver] Re: keeping a mirror machine synched

2007-02-27 Thread Martin Fick
> From: Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ...I also have an identically configured second such > machine. > > I run a nightly script (over a private network) > which does the > following synchronisation from the production to the > backup machine: > rsync -a -e ssh /home/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/ho

[Vserver] Re: keeping a mirror machine synched

2007-02-27 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 02:22:14PM -0800, Martin Fick wrote: > You could also use drbd and heartbeat to do the > mirroring and have active failover of your vserver! I I used to run a HA NFS configuration using a dual mini-ITX system in 1U (with a Travla C147 case). The synch speed sucked howver,

Re: [Vserver] Re: keeping a mirror machine synched

2007-02-27 Thread Herbert Poetzl
On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 02:22:14PM -0800, Martin Fick wrote: > > From: Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > ...I also have an identically configured second such > > > machine. > > > > I run a nightly script (over a private network) > > which does the > > following synchronisation from the pro

Re: [Vserver] Re: keeping a mirror machine synched

2007-02-27 Thread Martin Fick
--- Herbert Poetzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 02:22:14PM -0800, Martin > Fick wrote: > > > From: Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > ...I also have an identically configured second > such machine. ... > > > Apart from /usr/local/etc/vservers/ is there > > > anyth

RE: [Vserver] Re: keeping a mirror machine synched

2007-02-27 Thread Ticktac UK
I used to run a HA NFS configuration using a dual mini-ITX system in 1U (with a Travla C147 case). The synch speed sucked howver, and the drives (300 GB Maxtors) ran too hot and died rather soon. (I RMAed them, but one RMAed one is acting up as well, so I'm back to mice and pumpkin -- at least the

Re: [Vserver] Re: keeping a mirror machine synched

2007-02-28 Thread Herbert Poetzl
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 06:49:03AM +, Ticktac UK wrote: > >I used to run a HA NFS configuration using a dual mini-ITX system in > >1U (with a Travla C147 case). The synch speed sucked howver, and the > >drives (300 GB Maxtors) ran too hot and died rather soon. (I RMAed > >them, but one RMAed on

Re: [Vserver] Re: keeping a mirror machine synched

2007-02-28 Thread Ticktac UK
> In our mini-ITX's we started to use Seagates as the Maxtors were > dropping down like flys. Although now I know they are one and the > same, we still opt for Seagates. > > Although Maxtor always replaced them with no problems, its the hassle > :) for harddisks, low temperature is the secret of

Re: [Vserver] Re: keeping a mirror machine synched

2007-02-28 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 04:15:08PM +0100, Herbert Poetzl wrote: > for harddisks, low temperature is the secret of > long life (and stable env. conditions, of course) There's a reasonably interesting recent paper from Google labs which is making the rounds http://labs.google.com/papers/disk_failur