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<body class='hmmessage'><div style="text-align: left;">Hello,<br><br>I'm currently planning to renew my company file server because the architecture<br>changed and i was wondering if DRBD could be my savior :)<br><br>They are currently two sites on my company, geographically different, linked by<br>vpn over a WAN link.<br><br>Details of this project is as follows :<br><br>- there will be local access for these two sites, this means that there will need a file<br>server running on each sites serving files to local users.<br>- The information must be the same, this means that server_2 must have an exact<br>copy of files in server_1 and that (close to) real-time replication should occur<br>when there is a change in a file.<br>- There should be a mecanism of failover, when server_1, which was down, is up,<br>it should receive new or modificated files of server_2.<br>- There is also the bandwith problem, which means that, if possible, the minimum of data<br>should be transmitted<br> <br>I googled, and i have not found any good solutions except DRBD.<br><br>But do you think that DRBD can be used in this case ?<br>I think it's a bit special, because i think these servers should not be seen as<br>one entity (like a cluster), but two independent servers replicating other's<br>modification.<br><br>I'm currently searching in the documentation and i found some terms like<br>"primary-primary nodes" or "floating peers". Do you think that these<br>configurations can apply in this case ?<br><br>I hope i was clear :)<br><br>Thanks in advance,<br></div><br /><hr />Avec Windows Live Messenger restez en contact avec tous vos amis ! <a href='http://www.windowslive.fr/messenger/' target='_new'>Téléchargez Messenger, c'est gratuit !</a></body>
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