[lug] setting up a mirror

[Michael Wegener]

Good Enough (tm) is fast becoming my motto. Sitecopy appears to delete files on
the remote site that are deleted locally, which would be my only hesitation. But
until I get rsync (and tape backup) humming along, sitecopy works.

Thanks!

--M

Calvin Dodge wrote:

> Michael Wegener wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to set up mirrored directories on redundant servers (RH6.2)
> > and am not getting very far very fast. Ideally, it would be automated
> > (or CRON'ed) so that if I put a file on server1 it will copy that file
> > to server2. Any (easily implemented) ideas?
>
> How often do you need to mirror from one to the other?  Will ftp work for you?
>
> If ftp will work, and you want to back up every hour or so, you might try
> sitecopy.
>
> I set it up for my mom, so she can easily refresh a remote web site from a
> local copy.  In her case sitecopy takes about 1 minute to determine what files
> need to be uploaded (on a 350 MHz K6-2, with about 6700 files to check for
> timestamps), then transfers them at FTP speed.
>
> Yes, there are other ways to do this (rsync, for one), and I'm sure some are
> better than sitecopy.  But it's really easy to set up, and it may be Good
> Enough (tm) for your purposes.
>
> Calvin
>
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> Calvin Dodge
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