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<P>1. How the application should be designed to take maximum advantage of DRBD.
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<P> - Quantity & type
of write activity (burst Vs small amounts), frequency of access (read &
write), etc </P>
<P> - Optimal drbd
configuration parameters (/etc/drbd.conf) based on above
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. Any caveats that the application must be aware of
handle on its own. </FONT></P>
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Failure scenarios </FONT></P>
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- Time delay in the drbd partition to be
available to the application due to e2fsck, sync delays, etc once the ACTIVE
role assignment has happened. </FONT><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
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<P><SPAN class=057084005-27012010><FONT face=Arial
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<P><SPAN class=057084005-27012010><FONT face=Arial
size=2>kapil</FONT></SPAN></P>
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