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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Hi,<br>We are experiencing allot of filesystem issues,&nbsp;for example:<br>&nbsp;kernel: EXT3-fs error (device drbd0): ext3_free_blocks_sb: bit already cleared for block 5776787<br>These occur randomly after several consequative failovers between the cluster nodes.<br>We are using drbd with ext3 filesystem with a write-through controller.<BR>Are there any preferences what elevator we should use?<br>According to <a href="http://www.drbd.org/users-guide/s-latency-tuning.html">http://www.drbd.org/users-guide/s-latency-tuning.html</a> <br>&nbsp;both cfq/deadline are fine with preference to deadline.<br>But both re-order writes, right? possibly breaking file system/journal on standby.<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Please advise,<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Setup<BR>&nbsp;drbd with ext3 filesystem <BR>&nbsp;write-through controller<BR>&nbsp;Two nodes cluster<br>&nbsp;Physical Appliances<br>&nbsp;CentOS 6.2 with 2.6.32-220<br>&nbsp;kmod-drbd83-8.3.12-1.el6.i686<BR>&nbsp;<BR>Thanks,<br>Oren<BR>                                               </div></body>
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