<div dir="ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>so far I use <a href="https://github.com/rsnapshot/rsnapshot">rsnapshot</a>. This script do rsync with rotation, and most important same files are stored only once through hard link (inode). I save space, but still rsync need to parse all folders to know for new files.</div><div><br></div><div>I am also interested in solution 1), but need to be stored on distinct drives/servers. We can't afford to loose data and snapshot in case of human error or disaster.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature">Cordialement,<br>Mathieu CHATEAU<br><a href="http://www.lotp.fr" target="_blank">http://www.lotp.fr</a></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-09-03 13:05 GMT+02:00 Merlin Morgenstern <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:merlin.morgenstern@gmail.com" target="_blank">merlin.morgenstern@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I have about 1M files in a GlusterFS with rep 2 on 3 nodes runnnig gluster 3.7.3.</div><div><br></div><div>What would be a recommended automated backup strategy for this setup?</div><div><br></div><div>I already considered the following:</div><div><br></div><div>1) glusterfs snapshots in combination with dd. This unfortunatelly was not possible so far as I could not find any info on how to make a image file out of the snapshots and how to automate the snapshot procedure.</div><div><br></div><div>2) rsync the mounted file share to a second directory and do a tar on the entire directory after rsync completed</div><div><br></div><div>3) combination of 1 and 2. Doing a snapshot that gets mounted automaticaly and then rsync from there. Problem: How to automate snapshots and how to know the mount path</div><div><br></div><div>Currently I am only able to do the second option, but the fist option seems to be the most atractive.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for any help on this.</div></div>
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