Replication and backups

[Wesley Craig]

On 03 Feb 2011, at 13:45, Patrick Goetz wrote:
> On further thought, it seems like this would be a solution:
> 
>  ----------                 ----------
> | Server 1 |  ---DRBD-->   | Server 2 |
>  ----------                 ----------
> 
>  Step 1: Stop cyrus on Server 1.
>  Step 2: Turn off replication on Server 2.
>  Step 3: Restart cyrus on Server 1.
>  Step 4: Back up filesystem on Server 2.
>  Step 5. Turn replication back on on Server 2.
> 
> 
> Cyrus would only have to be off for a few seconds on Server 1, and 
> resynchronizing after the connection has been terminated for a couple of 
> hours shouldn't be a problem, either.

I'm sure this (I'm assuming both servers above are replicas) would work for you.  I wonder, tho, why use DRBD rather than cyrus replication.

:wes