synchronize filesystems between Unix servers

[holdahl]

We have 4 Aix machines at my workplace.
I want to set up a file system on all of them, use the first one as main machine and then use something like rsync or rdist to synchronize the 3 other machines at certain times of the day.

Is it best to use rsync or rdist for this kind of task?

Any suggestions?


sH

 

[rzs0502]

They both have the same capabilities, but I think rsync may be better as there are pre-compiled packages available from IBM / Bull / UCLA.
Been using rsync for years for certain low budget DRP sites & there has never been any issue.



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[khalidaaa]

the big difference between
rdist and rsync is the incredibly cunning synchronisation algorithm used by
rsync. Essentially, it just sends diffs, when it can, rather than whole
files, and pipelines transfers so it works efficiently even on high-latency
links. As far as I know, rdist always sends whole files.

IMHO, if you have a choice, use rsync.

I found a very old document on the net i don't know if its useful for you

http://www.sunmanagers.org/archives/1999/1313.html

Regards,
Khalid

 

[mrn]

If your on AIX 5.2 you could use cifs then no syncing needed If not you could (but I wouldn't) use NFS.

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