On 10/25/2013 11:14 AM, Chuck Munro wrote: > To keep the two servers in sync I use 'lsyncd' which is essentially a > front-end for rsync that cuts down thrashing and overhead dramatically > by excluding the full filesystem scan and using inotify to figure out > what to sync. This allows almost-real-time syncing of the backup > machine. (BTW, you need to crank the resources for inotify waaaaay up > for large filesystems with a couple million files.) Playing with lsyncd now, thanks for the tip! One qeustion though: why did you opt to use lsyncd rather than using ZFS snapshots/send/receive? Thanks, Ben