[DRBD-user] DRBD 0.6.13 on 2.4.24

Lars Ellenberg Lars.Ellenberg at linbit.com
Mon Sep 20 12:00:16 CEST 2004

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/ 2004-09-13 11:14:30 +0800
\ P.V.Anthony:
> Hi,
> 
> I am having some problems with version 0.6.13 on 2.4.24. Whenever I try
> to sync up, the secondary node will hang.
> 
> Some details first.
> 
> Linux: Fedora Core 1
> Kernel: 2.4.24 source from http://www.kernel.org
> CPU: Intel P4
> Motherboard: Supermicro P4SCT+
> http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/P4/E7210/P4SCT+.cfm
> Drives: Sata Drives on Marvell Controllers
> Network: Intel Gigabit
> Raid: Software Raid 1
> FileSystem: ext3
> 
> 
> Here is want I did and please see if they are alright.
> 
> 0. Waited for all software raid to sync up.
> 1. Tried to "service drbd start" (version 0.6.13) on both servers
> 2. cluster 2(secondary) will hang
> 3. Tried drbd again but this time cluster 1(secondary)
> 4. cluster 1 (secondary) will hang. So the seconadry will always hang.
> 5. next I tried a old version of drbd 0.6.10 but same results
> 6. next I recompiled the kernel without hi-mem IO (read in maillist)
> 7. same results
> 8. Then I tried 0.7.4 (solved the hi-mem IO problem) and it works well.
> 9. Tried many restarts and it still works well.
> 10. Next I tried openmosix with migration on and it works well.
> 
> So I do not think it is a hardware problem.
> 
> Please comment. Have I missed out any other thing? Is there any other
> test I can do?
> 
> Is there any patch for 0.6.13 so that it will not hang the kernel? I am
> sorry for assuming that it is a 0.6.13 problem. I am a newbie and I
> cannot think of any other reason.
> 
> The reason why I want to use 0.6.13 is because I am using TKCluster from
>  http://www.solidrocktechnologies.com/?cmd=clustering
> 
> Please do assist.

why do you figure TKCluster is better suited for you than e.g.  heartbeat?

what exactly do you mean by "hang" ?
still accessible?
syslog messages?


	Lars Ellenberg

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