I'm curious of anyone knows a link to or can elaborate upon this design question:
I have a server that I would like to make a backup copy of data from. I have a second server that is iscsi-enabled. My question involved using rsync to one of two things.
My concern is is better to log on to second server via ssh and execute rsync.
Server 1
rsync /data/ server2@remote.location /backup_data/
Or is is better (subjectively and/or objectively) to mount a local iscsi share from server 2 one to server 1 and execute a 'local' file transfer.
Server 1 mkdir /backup_data/ mount iscsi.share@remote.location /backup_data/ rsync /data/ /backup_data/
One would think that this question/answer has come up before but I can't seem to find an answer. Perhaps I'm asking the wrong question.
I'm really looking for a pros/cons list to go with. Thanks ahead of time folks!