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freenas sync between 2 units
I have 2 locations connected with a t1 and I'd like to setup a freenas server in each location and have them automatically sync volumes with each other. Is this possible? I don't need details, just checking to make sure it will work for my situation. I believe RSYNCD alows for this, but can they sync both ways?
Thanks.
Thanks.
I forgot to add OpenFiler has several features to sync between remote NAS devices.
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I also know that there's a RSYNC support but I've never heard that any opensource or comemrcial NAS depend solely on RSYNC. RSYNC is good to send a backup over two dfferent systems over the same network. But it lacks the required control to keep two distant systems on sync. Especially they are twoseparate systems connected via WAN.
For Remote Replication you need the support for "Remote Block Syncronization" which FreeNAS is lacking.
For Remote Replication you need the support for "Remote Block Syncronization" which FreeNAS is lacking.
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I don't think it is possible with FreeNAS. At least the product does not have provisions to do that.
I'll suggest you to peek at OpenFiler. It is another NAS distro built around CentOS.
Cheers,
K.