On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:35:25AM +1000, Adam Goryachev wrote:

> > Success story :-)
> > 
> > dan wrote:
> >> AOE is quite simple.  on ubuntu you can build a target like this
> > 1) Backup using RAID1 and AoE
> > Setup another machine, that is located at another place and is connected 
> > via Gigabit LAN to the backuppc server (that means I need a 2nd NIC for 
> > the server). The new machine is 'offering' one of it's drives via AoE - 
> > this AoE-drive will become member of the RAID1.
> > Since the RAID will be spread across two machines that can be located at
> > different locations I get an additional security.
> 
> As mentioned earlier, you can also backup using ndb (Network Block
> Device) over a truly remote TCP/IP connection, almost the same as AoE
> (except you need to specify the hostname/IP and port number to import
> the drive from). This allows for the case where you want a true
> "off-site" storage location without a bridged VPN.

drbd seems to do rather well in such cases. AFAIK, it's derived from
nbd.

Tino.

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