[DRBD-user] Master - master and split brain if network is saturated

Digimer linux at alteeve.com
Mon Jan 16 02:40:48 CET 2012

Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.


On 01/15/2012 08:01 PM, Steve Kieu wrote:
> 
>     This is not a surprise. If the packets don't arrive in time, be it from
>     a failed link or a saturated link, it appears the same to DRBD and will
>     trigger the fence handler.
> 
> 
> All right - I must/should use a dedicated interface in production then,
> I guess it is the only way.
> 
> thanks for the info nevertheless,

Generally a good idea. Test to see what your underlying storage is
capable of and then ensure your network bandwidth is higher, if you can.

Cheers

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