Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
> On 10-05-26 01:36 PM, 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 > > I actually do LVM -> DRBD -> LVM -> GFS2. Works well for me. I've > written up a HowTo on the way I implement it. It's another one with a > focus on the clustering side of things, but you should be able to > skip the majority of that. The relevant section is: > http://wiki.alteeve.com/index.php/2-Node_CentOS5_Cluster#DRBD > > Best of luck! > Thanx a lot! I'll rather do LVM -> DRBD -> ext4 though for I don't need nested LVM and GFS has a bad performance. At least my tests revealed it. Greetings, Oliver