k0d3g3ar
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- Nov 12, 2017
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Hi there, we have a large FreeNAS server that is colocated in a data center and is getting more and more critical use. Currently we are backing the file systems up using rsync to an external backup server, which is good but if the server goes offline, the time it will take to rebuild will have undo stress on users to wait through this. As the FreeNAS server is becoming more and more pivotal to our strategy, we have decided to put a redundant 2nd FreeNAS server in the cage.
I believe there are facilities built into FreeNAS to sync content between two servers. In our case, our existing server will be the master and the new additional one will be the slave to it. I'm happy to set this up so that writes from users can only occur to the master, and that the slave is just a read/only backup, since restoring back content after the adverse event might be labor intensive. It is more important that our users have read/only access to file content even if their ability to update files is compromised while we address recovery.
If anyone has or is doing this sort of thing, I'd love to hear what techniques you have used for it, and how successful this approach has been in times when FreeNAS availability is down.
Thanks
Myles
I believe there are facilities built into FreeNAS to sync content between two servers. In our case, our existing server will be the master and the new additional one will be the slave to it. I'm happy to set this up so that writes from users can only occur to the master, and that the slave is just a read/only backup, since restoring back content after the adverse event might be labor intensive. It is more important that our users have read/only access to file content even if their ability to update files is compromised while we address recovery.
If anyone has or is doing this sort of thing, I'd love to hear what techniques you have used for it, and how successful this approach has been in times when FreeNAS availability is down.
Thanks
Myles