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Re: [Xen-users] NFS vs SMb vs iSCSI for remote backup mounts

To: Rudi Ahlers <Rudi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] NFS vs SMb vs iSCSI for remote backup mounts
From: francisco javier funes nieto <esencia@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:35:01 +0100
Cc: xen-users <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Javier Guerra <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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SMB, NFS and iSCSI are protocols, not filesystems.




2010/1/28 Rudi Ahlers <Rudi@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Javier Guerra <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Rudi Ahlers <Rudi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Basically, I need to replicate /
>> > backup data from one server to another, but over the internet (i.e.
>> > insecure
>> > channels)
>>
>>
>> it would be _really_ hard to find anything better than rsync.  Both
>> because of safety (uses ssh by default) and efficiency (copies only
>> what's needed)
>>
>> if you need point-in-time snapshots while the servers are running, the
>> simplest way is to do an LVM snapshot, mount it (as read-only) and
>> rsync from this to the remote server.  afterwards simply destroy the
>> snapshot.
>>
>
>
> ok, forget about rsync. forget about how I get the data onto the order
> server. WHICH filesystem would be best for this type of operation? SMB, NFS,
> or iSCSI?
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