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Clustered file system between two web servers?
| Posted by kevinnivek, 02-17-2012, 01:28 PM |
| Hello,
I'm trying to come up with a few options for a simple load balanced web server setup. The issue is that both servers have to have particular synchronized folders such as "user uploads".
In the past I have attached iSCSI storage backends for shared storage. However, this isn't in my client's budget so aside from manual file synchronization , does anyone have any recommendations that do NOT sacrifice redundancy?
I've been looking at clustered file systems like HFS, but I was hoping someone out there had personal experience with a specific method.
Thanks!
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| Posted by centauricw, 02-19-2012, 03:11 AM |
| Without using a SAN of some kind, you're pretty much stuck doing file synchronization. I would would think that rsync running out of a cron job with handle this.
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| Posted by prickett233, 02-19-2012, 04:01 AM |
| A cronjob with rsync is not ideal, instead use lsyncd
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| Posted by viGeek, 02-19-2012, 08:49 PM |
| I've had decent results with GlusterFS. There is also Lustre, but don't have enough experience with it to recommend.
If you're just looking for failover, DRBD is a solid setup as well.
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