Re: How to switch file systems with least downtime?

On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 11:26 AM, CS DBA <cs_dba(at)consistentstate(dot)com> wrote:

> 3) before the swap do another rsync to bring the db as close to sync'ed as
> possible
>
> 4) shut down the primary db
>
> 5) do a final rsync (should have little to nothing to sync)
>
> 6) start the secondary db
>

Thanks. That's how I normally do it, but I was hoping to eliminate much of
the downtime between 4 and 6.

Moshe Jacobson
Nead Werx, Inc. | Manager of Systems Engineering
2323 Cumberland Parkway, Suite 201 | Atlanta, GA 30339
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