Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
On Wednesday 06 October 2004 02:09, Alexander Opitz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've read the ROADMAP for DRBD 0.8 and I'm interested in helping on
> following paragraph:
>
> + 9 Support shared disk semantics ( for GFS, OCFS etc... )
>
We are currently in the process of finishingre/refining the ROADMAP
document, and discussing the algorithms. This discussion takes place
on the drbd-dev mailing list.
> Cause my boss needs this and I want to create a cluster distribution
> (with easy and fast setup) for different Server/Cluster Solutions.
Maybe you should suggest your boss to contact office at linbit.com ?
Probabely LINBIT can offer him a solution to the requested features
within his schedule.
> This Server/Cluster Distribution should have a frontend (like dia) where
> you drag&drop all your servers, give them names and services, connect
> them with lines. The Software should tell you what you need (if more
> pathes possible, the admin should decide) ... after all is done, a CD
> iso image should be generated (with Morphix?) this can be booted, you
> enter name of the station and all will work automagicaly ;)
>
> Strange dream? I think no :) but hard to reach.
Indeed, I hope your boss has the right business plan / funding.
> And first think to start would be the DRBD Support for shared disks.
>
> So, where can I start, how you want it implemented or else information
> would be nice, cause I never wrote on Kernel/Driver base yet ... my
> latest experiences are the Mozilla MNG patch.
>
* Get used to UML (user mode linux)
* Start kernel hacking
* Start reading the DRBD source.
* Understand the items on the ROADMAP document,
a lot of them depend on the previous ones.
PS: The ROADMAP document on the web is very outdated by now,
get the latest version from the trunk in SVN.
-Philipp
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