[Novalug] GFS?

[Paul M.]

Something like OpenAFS or NBD might work better.
OpenAFS
File level replication/failover
http://www.openafs.org/
NBD
Device level replication
http://nbd.sourceforge.net/
-Paul

On 5/2/07, Nick Danger <nick at hackermonkey.com> wrote:
> I think I misunderstood the purpose of GFS :-) What Im looking for is to
> have two geographically separated NAS units. NAS units are cheap in single
> form, 3 terrabytes for less then 10grand.  The question is, how can I mirror
> the two file systems for failover? I know how to do it at the
> application/network level, just not at the data/FS level.  I kept thinking
> GFS but that seems more like making lots of disks appear as one, not for
> mirroring. Unless Im reading it wrong.
>
> So, pointers? Links? Case studies? I'll summarize what I find and send it
> back out to the list.
>
> Thanks All,
>
> Nick
>
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