Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
> André Moreira wrote: >> Hi, >> I'm a newbie on DRBD. I'd like to know if someone has a solution for >> MySQL cluster using DRBD. And, the answers to questions like what >> happens if the files used by mysql remain locked when the passive take >> action? How to avoid it? Is it possible to load balance? > > If you want a master<->master setup, you'll need MySQL cluster. No DRBD > is needed. > > If you want a master->many slaves, you can just use MySQL replication. > No DRBD is needed. > > If you want a master / stand-by master setup, you can use DRBD to > replicate /var/lib/mysql. Only one machine can ever have /var/lib/mysql > mounted at one time and therefore, only one machine can be the master at > a time. This should work fine. Yes, this is the way I use mysql (4.1.9) on my redhat 9 heartbeat 1.2.3 cluster of 2 pc's running DRBD 0.7.12. It works fine for me after a month of testing. David. > Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > drbd-user mailing list > drbd-user at lists.linbit.com > http://lists.linbit.com/mailman/listinfo/drbd-user > > > !DSPAM:43831725254971877636723! >