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<p dir="ltr">MS<br>
On 5 Sep 2015 12:57 am, "Mathieu Chateau" <<a href="mailto:mathieu.chateau@lotp.fr">mathieu.chateau@lotp.fr</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hello,<br>
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> so far I use rsnapshot. 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.<br>
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> 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.<br>
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> Cordialement,<br>
> Mathieu CHATEAU<br>
> <a href="http://www.lotp.fr">http://www.lotp.fr</a><br>
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> 2015-09-03 13:05 GMT+02:00 Merlin Morgenstern <<a href="mailto:merlin.morgenstern@gmail.com">merlin.morgenstern@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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>> I have about 1M files in a GlusterFS with rep 2 on 3 nodes runnnig gluster 3.7.3.<br>
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>> What would be a recommended automated backup strategy for this setup?<br>
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>> I already considered the following:</p>
<p dir="ltr">Have you considered glusterfs geo-rep? It's actually for disaster recovery. But might suit your backup use case as well.</p>
<p dir="ltr">My two cents</p>
<p dir="ltr">//MS</p>
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>> 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.<br>
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>> 2) rsync the mounted file share to a second directory and do a tar on the entire directory after rsync completed<br>
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>> 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<br>
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>> Currently I am only able to do the second option, but the fist option seems to be the most atractive.<br>
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>> Thank you for any help on this.<br>
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