Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
On Tuesday 11 March 2008 20:06:46 Whit Blauvelt wrote: > Hi, > > In Chapter 5, where it says of the initial full synchronization, "It may > take some time depending on the size of the device", it might be helpful to > give some way of estimating what "some time" should be. Let's say the two > systems are connected by crossover between 1 gig NICs. That must be the > most common configuration. > > Then is the speed according to the amount of data on the primary, or > according to the data + empty space there? And what should it be? Guess why it's called DRBD and not DRFS? It's a block device, not a filesystem. It has no concept of "empty space". It always syncs the full device. > My initial impression, having not seen this complete yet, is that this is > running a lot slower than, say, rsync would in duplicating the same amount > of data. Doubtless drbd has more to do. Anyway, it would be helpful if the > manual gave a rough formula for guestimating sync time. Added to the to-do list. Not sure whether it will be in the changeset for next week though. Florian -- : Florian G. Haas : LINBIT Information Technologies GmbH : Vivenotgasse 48, A-1120 Vienna, Austria Please note: when replying, there is no need to CC my personal address. Replying to the list is fine. Thank you.