From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (ext-mx03.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.110.7]) by int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n8HNR7tn026874 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:27:07 -0400 Received: from mailmx.futuresource.com (mailmx.futuresource.com [208.10.26.74]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n8HNQvB4002518 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:26:58 -0400 Received: from ns1.futuresource.com ([10.207.192.125]) by mailmx.futuresource.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n8HNQu9a001488 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:26:57 -0500 Received: from [10.207.193.131] (xplmikesell.esignalcorp.com [10.207.193.131]) by ns1.futuresource.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id n8HNQsC11172 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:26:55 -0500 Message-ID: <4AB2C5BC.5040804@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:26:52 -0500 From: Les Mikesell MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Using LVM Mirroring to obtain a usable backup References: <1253109566.5326.15.camel@delo.gdit> <20090916181947.GB15438@us.ibm.com> <1253127828.3243.1.camel@delo.gdit> <1253181956.30299.25.camel@breeves.fab.redhat.com> <1253201655.2339.178.camel@pc.interlinx.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: LVM general discussion and development Stuart D. Gathman wrote: > > Those with money to burn seem to favor SANs. (And cloning a PV with > a SAN and importclone is an easy solution to the OP problem - if only they had > a SAN.) I'm part of the Po' Fo'k contingent. Is a SAN something you can emulate with an iscsi target on fairly normal equipment? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@gmail.com