[Gluster-users] [Gluster-devel] Using geo-replication as backup solution using gluster volume snapshot!

[Kotresh Hiremath Ravishankar]

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Thanks and Regards,
Kotresh H R

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kotresh Hiremath Ravishankar" <khiremat at redhat.com>
> To: "Gluster Devel" <gluster-devel at gluster.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 7, 2016 3:03:08 PM
> Subject: [Gluster-devel] Using geo-replication as backup solution using gluster volume snapshot!
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Here is the idea, we can use geo-replication as backup solution using gluster
> volume
> snapshots on slave side. One of the drawbacks of geo-replication is that it's
> a
> continuous asynchronous replication and would not help in getting the last
> week's or
> yesterday's data. So if we use gluster snapshots at the slave end, we can use
> the
> snapshots to get the last week's or yesterday's data making it a candidate
> for a
> backup solution. The limitation is that the snapshots at the slave end can't
> be
> restored as it will break the running geo-replication. It could be mounted
> and
> we have access to data when the snapshots are taken. It's just a naive idea.
> Any suggestions and use cases are worth discussing:)
> 
> 
> Thanks and Regards,
> Kotresh H R
> 
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