From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk Subject: Re: remote mirroring in the works? Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:33:44 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <8525090.4.1283189624753.JavaMail.root@zimbra> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org To: Fred van Zwieten Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-ID: ----- Original Message ----- > 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 -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (+47) 97542685 roy@karlsbakk.net http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ -- I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres intelligibelt.= Det er et element=C3=A6rt imperativ for alle pedagoger =C3=A5 unng=C3=A5= eksessiv anvendelse av idiomer med fremmed opprinnelse. I de fleste ti= lfeller eksisterer adekvate og relevante synonymer p=C3=A5 norsk. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" = in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html