<p dir="ltr">I would not say that it is the only and official way.<br>
For examples, the bareos (<a href="http://bareos.org">bareos.org</a>) backup system can talk to cluster via gfapi, IIRC<br></p>
<p dir="ltr">Il 21/nov/2016 17:32, "Gandalf Corvotempesta" <<a href="mailto:gandalf.corvotempesta@gmail.com">gandalf.corvotempesta@gmail.com</a>> ha scritto:<br>
><br>
> 2016-11-21 15:48 GMT+01:00 Aravinda <<a href="mailto:avishwan@redhat.com">avishwan@redhat.com</a>>:<br>
> > When you set checkpoint, you can watch the status of checkpoint completion<br>
> > using geo-rep status. Once checkpoint complete, it is guaranteed that<br>
> > everything created before Checkpoint Time is synced to slave.(Note: It only<br>
> > ensures that all the creates/updates done before checkpoint time but Geo-rep<br>
> > may sync the files which are created/modified after Checkpoint time)<br>
> ><br>
> > Read more about Checkpoint here<br>
> > <a href="http://gluster.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Administrator%20Guide/Geo%20Replication/#checkpoint">http://gluster.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Administrator%20Guide/Geo%20Replication/#checkpoint</a><br>
><br>
> Thank you.<br>
> So, can I assume this is the official (and only) way to properly<br>
> backup a Gluster storage ?<br>
> I'm saying "only" way because it would be impossible to backup a multi<br>
> terabyte storage with any other software.<br>
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