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Updated Async Filer Metadata Backup (markdown)

Chris Lu 2021-03-03 22:09:45 -08:00
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@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ There are two ways to ensure a copy of the meta data.
# Separate Filer instances connected with "-peers" option
With `-peers` option, if the filers are not sharing the same filer metadata store, the metadata changes are asynchronously propagated to all peers.
With `-peers` option, if the filers are not sharing the same filer metadata store, the metadata changes are asynchronously propagated to all peers. So there will be multiple copies of filer metadata.
See https://github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/wiki/Filer-Store-Replication#file-store-replication
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Just need to configure the remote store the same way as `filer.toml`.
`weed filer.meta.backup` can be stopped and resumed. The metadata backup progress is tracked in the remote store itself. So you can pause/resume any time, and even resume from a separate machine.
It is worth noting that the remote store can be different from the source filer store. E.g., you can use cheaper on disk LevelDB as a remote store to backup Redis.