Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 09:04:41AM -0400, Ryan Steele wrote: > Ben and Mark, > > Thank you for your input. I am currently fixing up my FAI configs such > that they do not create an MD device out of two of the unused > partitions, as I don't see any need to have the DRBD meta-disk striped > or mirrored (unless someone has any good reason pointing to the > contrary, e.g. significant performance gains). > > Pending that, I will re-test with drbddisk and Filesystem. Again, I > appreciate the advice and hopefully this will yield successful results! um. saying "hey, I use drbd, there is no need for raid underneath" is similar to "hey, I have raid, there is no need for backups anymore". and yes, you get a performance gain from using raid1, because reads can be striped. -- : Lars Ellenberg Tel +43-1-8178292-0 : : LINBIT Information Technologies GmbH Fax +43-1-8178292-82 : : Vivenotgasse 48, A-1120 Vienna/Europe http://www.linbit.com : __ please use the "List-Reply" function of your email client.