Prompt to synchronize two volumes ZFS

[Artem Belevich]

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Vladislav V. Prodan
<universite at ukr.net> wrote:
> I have 1TB of data in server1::tank1/backup.
> This volume should be *quickly* synchronized with server2::tank2/backup
>
>        server1::tank1/backup ==> server2::tank2/backup
>
> How quickly and without having to download the channel to synchronize the
> both volumes.
>
> This command will transfer the entire amount of data?
> server1# zfs send tank1/backup | ssh server2 zfs recv tank2/backup
>
> Sync via rsync long and heavily loads the CPU :(
> Want to use all the facilities ZFS.

This page outlines ZFS replication process fairly well:
http://wikitech-static.wikimedia.org/articles/z/f/s/Zfs_replication.html

--Artem