<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV><SPAN class=161381618-24082004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi
All,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=161381618-24082004> <FONT face=Arial
size=2>First post, so please excuse me. I am running a system where we will have
a variable # of NFS/RAID servers (1-5), each running redhat 9 with a 2.6.x
kernel. I have drbd working on a preliminary set-up between just 2 of the boxes,
which is fine for now. Previously in our system we did not use drbd, and simply
had tasks write to a single RAID, and everything went fine, yet was not very
redundant. Now I am running tests that emulate our normal system which
definitely loads the RAID as far as writes and I/O is concerned. My tests were
working fine the first time, but since then I am getting kernel errors each time
I try to re-run the test. They appear to have something to do with tcp and my
network adapter (e1000's), but I have not captured those yet for
posting.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=161381618-24082004> <FONT face=Arial
size=2>Our system setup is to have a RH9 2.6.x box serve out RAID partitions
provided from a Chaparral box via Fibre, with another fibre connection between
the actual disk array and the Chaparral. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=161381618-24082004> <FONT face=Arial size=2>I
know the setup for heartbeat and drbd preaches a serial cable for heartbeat and
a cross-over cable for synching, but that is not feasible in my situation. Also,
does anyone know how to handle the extra boxes (beyond 2)? Perhaps I am too much
of a drbd/HA-linux newbie, and shouldn't be posting here, but all assistance is
greatly appreciated. If you need any more specific information I can probably
provide that. I'm using the latest drbd (I think 0.7.3). </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=161381618-24082004></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=161381618-24082004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Larry
Anderson</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>