Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
On 2008-12-16 09:04, Martin Winkler wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a relatively new drbd setup and just realized that there is a > slight difference in size on the partitions I am using: > node1: /dev/sda3 (/dev/drbd0): 232717558 blocks, ext3 > /dev/sdb1 (/dev/drbd1): 232717590 blocks, ext3 > > node2: /dev/sda3 (/dev/drbd1): 232717558 blocks, ext3 > /dev/sdb1 (/dev/drbd0): 232717590 blocks, ext3 You realize you're breaking an established convention by naming a device /dev/drbd0 on one node and /dev/drbd1 on the other, and doing the opposite for a different device? Not that that's likely to break anything, you'll just be confusing people to no ends if you ever run into an issue and post it here. > The metadata is always on a different partition. > After the sync DRBD did not raise any error as far as I can tell, > and /proc/drbd says the drives are fully UpToDate. > > Now my question: Is this difference significant if drbd did not raise > any errors? I am feeling a bit uncomfortable here. What should I do to > make the same sizes in case there is a problem with my setup? What DRBD version are you on? Cheers, Florian -- : Florian G. Haas : LINBIT Information Technologies GmbH : Vivenotgasse 48, A-1120 Vienna, Austria When replying, there is no need to CC my personal address. I monitor the list on a daily basis. Thank you. DRBD® and LINBIT® are registered trademarks of LINBIT.