Posts from 2011

A simple and easy way to copy a file system between two Linux servers

During my tenure as a SysAdmin, I can't recall how many times I've needed to duplicate the contents of a file systems between systems. I've used a variety of solutions to do this, including array-based replication, database replication and tools such as rsync and tar piped to tar over SSH. When rsync and tar where the right tool, I often asked myself why there wasn't a generic file system replication tool when I completed my work. Well, it appears there is…