BDsync: Block Device sync
Karl O. Pinc
kop at meme.com
Wed Jun 27 07:48:30 MDT 2012
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?
Karl <kop at meme.com>
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