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From: "Jon Nelson" <jnelson-linux-raid@jamponi.net>
To: Drew <drew.kay@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Backups using RAID1
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:33:15 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <cccedfc60811200733n4fee95degd3bb60ad9dbfe700@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c268e4660811200724x5a6a1fffueb2741ccc20006b1@mail.gmail.com>

Why not consider something like drbd or even something like this:

use AoE or iSCSI or NBD or *whatever* that exports a block device over
the network, and use *that* device in a bitmap-backed raid1.

(thus, your raid1 consists of /dev/sdX and /dev/etherd/e0.5 )


-- 
Jon

  reply	other threads:[~2008-11-20 15:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-11-17 15:13 Backups using RAID1 Drew
     [not found] ` <62c47030811191213n49a50624k4a0e167f20193a4@mail.gmail.com>
2008-11-20  2:11   ` Drew
2008-11-20  7:28     ` Max Waterman
2008-11-20  8:43       ` David Greaves
2008-11-20 15:24       ` Drew
2008-11-20 15:33         ` Jon Nelson [this message]
2008-11-20 16:12         ` Max Waterman
2008-11-20 22:20         ` Bill Davidsen
2008-11-20  9:08 ` Robin Hill
2008-11-20 11:48   ` David Greaves

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