[sclug] Mirror disks across machines like distributed RAID?

[Keith Edmunds]

On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 16:54:34 +0000, dickon-ml at fluff.org said:

> No point.  Replicate.  It's cheaper than a traditional HA disc system,
> arguably less complex than a DRBD setup

OK: you have a bunch of websites, some of which have users uploading files
(think pictures), and some of which create local temporary files (think
preview of the business card you are creating). How would you replicate in
a way that is cheaper and less complex way than DRBD?

Keith