[DRBD-user] drbd or rsync?

[Tom Brown]

On Wed, 8 Apr 2009, Sally-Anne Edwards wrote:

>> However, how would this compare to using rsync?  Which will be more
>> efficient and safer?

hhmm, I've been thinking about this. DRBD is a wonderfull tool, but by the 
same token, its job is to deliver real-time replication. If you don't need 
that, then sticking extra layers into the kernel stack is not really the 
right thing to do. You are adding complexity where it can really hurt.