Server Replication

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Hi !

I currently use URbackup on every client/server in my business and I’m currently looking to sale backup space for my customer, using URbackup.

I’m actually looking which method is best to replicate my customers data.

Both servers are Ubuntu 14+ x64. Is rsync doing the job well or I should consider something else?

There’s only one limitation, data must be transfer over network !

Multiple scenario may occur; (e.g WAN to WAN, LAN to WAN, etc)

If using LAN and WAN mix bring complexity to an other level, consider I can use VPN setups.

Thanks in advance

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Rsync may work, but you might run into performance problems because it has to go over all the files every time and rsync has performance problems with large files (such as the image files).

Other options you might want to consider:

  • Replication using ZFS as descibed in the manual (using ZFSOnLinux)
  • Using a distributed block device such as DRBD
  • LVM replication using LVMsync

Can you report back what you chose and how it worked out?