Re: remote mirroring in the works?

[Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <roy@karlsbakk.net>]

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> Hi there,
>=20
> I would like to know if there is something functionally equivalent to
> NetApp's SnapMirror in the works or planning? It would require block
> level access to a snap and the ability to rebuild (subvolumes
> including it's) snap's on another machine.
>=20
> If not, what would be the best way to build something more or less
> equivalent using existing tools? rsync-ing a snap seems the same, but
> it isn't. First of all it 's file based, not very nice for DB's, and
> you don't get the snap's on "the other side" the same.

Perhaps DRBD - see http://www.drbd.org/ - that'll mirror the block devi=
ce(s) on which btrfs resides.

Vennlige hilsener / Best regards

roy
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