[Drbd-dev] Re: drbd Frage zu secondary vs primary; drbddisk status problem

[Philipp Reisner]

On Wednesday 25 August 2004 12:28, Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote:
> On 2004-08-25T11:42:18,
>
>    Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner at linbit.com> said:
> > So, the current policy is:
> >  * The primary node refuses to connect to a peer with higher generation
> >    counts. This keeps the data intact. This is very related to the other
> >    after-split-brain-policy I want to make expclicit.
>
> Makes sense.
>
> > * Remeber the options so far: (for primary-after-split-brain)
> >
> >  - The node that was primary before split brain (current behaviour)
> >  - The node that became primary during split brain
> >  - The node that modified more of it's data during the split-brain
> >    situation  [ Do not think about implementation yet, just about
> >                 the policy ]
> >  - None, wait for operator's decission.  [suggested by LMB]
> >  - Node that is currently primary [see example above by LGE]
>
> Minor clarification: I think the question is not about "Who becomes
> primary", as the Sync* is decoupled from that status, but which side
> drbd deems to have the good data and thus the SyncMaster.
>

Right. It is really a shame that I have not yet fully realized
that drbd-7 is the current stable release :)

> Looking at it from this angle, we have two dimensions:
>
> - Node state after the split-brain heals. Each side can either be
>   primary or secondary.
>
> - The data state on each side.
>
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I will post a new version of the "Summary" mail...

-Philipp
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