[CentOS] near-realtime file system replication

[gjgowey at tmo.blackberry.net]

If using a file system for the file storage isn't mandatory then I would go with an rdbms such as Postgres with the file stored in a blob field of a table.  If the systems are in the same location and can use a shared Filesystem then I would look into getting a netraid scsi card or something similar.  The netraid cards have the very nice capability of all sitting on a single scsi bus along with the datastore device (a hard drive or hdd array).  There's no replication that occurs because they are all using the same data source jointly.

Geoff

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-----Original Message-----
From: "Akemi Yagi" <amyagi at gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 12:01:44 
To:"CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org>
Subject: Re: [CentOS] near-realtime file system replication


On 10/6/07, Frank Büttner <frank-buettner at gmx.net> wrote:
> Akemi Yagi schrieb:
> > On 10/6/07, Frank Büttner <frank-buettner at gmx.net> wrote:
> >
> >> For GFS you dont't need SAN's. You can do it simly.
> >> Or take DRBD, but for it you must compile an kernel module.
> >> http://www.drbd.org/
> >
> > CentOS provides DRBD. See:
> >
> > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Ha-Drbd

> But not at the latest version:(
> See Bug# 0002339, so you have often trouble when an new kernel update is
>  waiting at the door.

I believe they are up-to-date now.  My understanding is that there is
some delay after a new kernel comes out, but it should not be more
than a few days.  But we have to remember that the whole CentOS
project is based on voluntary work by both CentOS team members and the
community.

Akemi
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