[DRBD-user] Re: drbd with existing file system ( and internal metadata).

[Brett Bolen]

Thanks, that's what I thought.  it seems to work, but that's probably
because the last 128MB isn't being used.  However, all of the syncs
are quite large....

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Michael Haverkamp wrote:
> Brett Bolen wrote:
> 

>> Can you tell me what happens if we use 'internal metadata'
>> with an existing file system ( ie one without the extra
>> space at the end)?
>>
> In an nutshell, your filesystem becomes corruct, and your metadata 
> becomes corrupt.  This happens because your filesystem and drbd's 
> metadata will both be trying to user the last 128MB of your disk, and 
> thus stomping all over each other.
>