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rb1980_75708
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Jun 28, 2012

possible to load balance rsync?

I've googled and googled but can't find any good info on load balancing rsync. I want to put 2 rsync servers behind a TCP port 873 vip to balance the load from many clients. I plan to use source addre...
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El_Jefe
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Jun 28, 2012
I found a couple of folks talking about it - http://irbs.net/internet/postfix/0510/1911.html and http://nixforums.org/viewtopic.php?p=475707 Proceed with caution in rsyncing DBs / mailboxes without locking them down first is the general consensus. Works for static files, like config files, which I thought would be the case.