[DRBD-user] database on drbd

Lars Ellenberg Lars.Ellenberg at linbit.com
Wed Mar 10 16:12:54 CET 2004

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


/ 2004-03-08 16:59:59 -0500
\ Carson Gaspar:

> >Using "B" does currently not gain anything, but degrades
> >throughput, and loses transactional semantics, so should be avoided.
> 
> Perhaps a note to that effect can be added to the docs? We went with B here 
> because if both machines went down at once, we were hosed anyway, and 
> wanted better performance. *sigh* Time for another maintenance window (and 
> I just upgraded everything yesterday!)

Hm. It is, is it not?
from the scripts/drbd.conf example config file:

  # transfer protocol to use.
  # C: write IO is reported as completed, if we know it has
  #    reached _both_ local and remote DISK.
  #    * for most cases.
  #    * the only protocol with true transactional semantics.
  # B: write IO is reported as completed, if it has reached
  #    local DISK and remote buffer cache.
  #    * should perform better than C,
  #      but according to benchmarks, does not.
  #      so use C instead for now.
  # A: write IO is reported as completed, if it has reached
  #    local DISK and local tcp send buffer. (see also sndbuf-size)
  #    * for high latency networks
  protocol = C

Yes, I know in previous releases (up to ? I forgot) "B" was
recommended "for most applications".
And btw, benchmarks are just that, and if you do performance tests
yourself, this might be different for you.

	Lars Ellenberg



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