[Typo3-dev] Mirroring typo3.org etc.

Rutger Meekers rutger at akku.be
Thu Feb 5 13:34:37 CET 2004


yes, that's true, but are we talking only about mysql that requires sync? Or
also about static files?

When it's only mysql, you can attach a slave to the main mysql db. that
should not give a problem.
when there are also static files, i had to agree that there is not an open
source solution known to me.

"Christoph Moeller" <moeller at network-publishing.de> schreef in bericht
news:mailman.1.1075983819.22291.typo3-dev at lists.netfielders.de...
> Rutger Meekers schrieb:
>
> > i discussed with some people, and i was wrong about that mirror tool,
it's
> > only used for local mirrors in the same datacenter.
> > but they said that rsync is no problem, because when de whole site is
> > mirrored once, rsync will only tranfer the files that are changed. so
this
> > reduces useless traffic. php.net uses also rsync to keep theirs mirrors
up
> > to date, and we are talking over lot's of mirrors and huge db's.
>
> Thanks for your investigation. rsync is a nice tool indeed, but this
> doesn't solve any of the two-way syncing problems that were pointed out
> in other previous mails.
>
> We'd need to build not only a "dump-to-the-slaves" setup, but also a
> "merge-back-changes-from-slaves-to-master" solution - and this is where
> (IMO) all open tools fail due to lack of algorithm.
>
> Chris
>
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