On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, Martin, Jonathan wrote:
> As a test only (we never used this in production) I was able to FTP
> individual DSU images across the WAN to our DR site. Unfortunately,
> once they got there I had to run a script to import them which took
> forever. If I had to do it again, I might try and use UNCs so the
> import isn't necessary. Something like...
>
> 1) Write to DSU \\Backup\Share 2) FTP Catalog and Image to Remote Site
> 3) Try and read back from \\Backup\Share (different local DSU called
> the same thing.)
>
> I've had success with FTPing the catalog and reading back from media,
> and I've had success FTPing DSU images, but I haven't had time to test
> both.
Why not use rsync instead? Then you have ssh as well to protect the
data. Another approach here would be to use a mirrored SAN drive, or to
do a mirror over iSCSI. Either way, you're getting the data from point
A to point B, just depends on how far out of sync it can be.
--
Kris Kirby, KE4AHR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
But remember, with no superpowers comes no responsibility.
--rly
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