Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
So you do this per node? [ LVM <-> DRBD <-> LVM ] On 5/26/2010 12:55 PM, Bart Coninckx wrote: > On Wednesday 26 May 2010 19:36:33 Oliver Hoffmann wrote: > >> Hi list! >> >> I searched the web but I only found lvm on drbd and many problems >> concerning kvm or xen. I need lvm and drbd to have a flexible >> file server (without xen or the like). >> >> If I put lvm on top of drbd I run into problems. Such as a complex >> failover situation and I am limited to the physical space of a HD or >> partitions. >> Thus I think drbd on lvm would be better. In the end I want a >> drbd- and pacemaker- based file server with nfs and cifs and iSCSI. >> Plus I want to add one or more HD easily whenever needed or provide >> more or less disk space for a client or a share. >> >> What do you think? >> >> Thanks for suggestions! >> >> Cheers, >> >> Oliver >> _______________________________________________ >> drbd-user mailing list >> drbd-user at lists.linbit.com >> http://lists.linbit.com/mailman/listinfo/drbd-user >> >> > Oliver, > > I put DRBD on top of LVM for one sole reason: being able to resize DRBD > resources if I would ever need to. Without LVM below it, it's much riskier > (see DRBD manual). > I also put LVM at the same time on top of DRBD (see "nested LVM" in the DRBD > manual) which works great, provided you change /etc/lvm/lvm.conf > About the complex failover situation: if you have cluster software taking care > of this, it should not be referred to any more as being "complex". Setting > that software up might be however. > > Hope this helps, > > > Bart > _______________________________________________ > drbd-user mailing list > drbd-user at lists.linbit.com > http://lists.linbit.com/mailman/listinfo/drbd-user >