BDsync: Block Device sync
Karl O. Pinc
kop at meme.com
Wed Jun 27 07:55:35 MDT 2012
On 06/27/2012 08:48:30 AM, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
> On 06/27/2012 06:51:29 AM, Rolf Fokkens wrote:
>
> > After having wrestled with rsync and several patches I found a
> > solution to
> > synchronize block devices: BDsync.
> >
> > Bdsync can be used to synchronize block devices over a network. It
> > generates
> > a "binary diff" in an efficient way by comparing MD5 checksums of
> > 32k
> > blocks of block devices. This binary diff can be applied to
> > "destination"
> > after which the local blockdevices are synchronized.
>
> >
> > Interrested people can download the sources from:
> > http://bdsync.rolf-fokkens.nl/
>
> I'm curious. Why would use use bdsync instead of drdb?
Oops. drbd. Sorry.
Karl <kop at meme.com>
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