Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 10:38:46AM +0100, Stefan Seifert wrote: > On Tuesday, 02. December 2008, Lars Ellenberg wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 09:58:18AM +0100, Stefan Seifert wrote: > > > On Tuesday, 02. December 2008, Florian Haas wrote: > > > > Presume you're packing metadata for several resources into one metadata > > > > device using "meta-disk <device>[<index>]". When you do that, each > > > > metadata area is fixed at 128M. With eight resources, you'll fill up > > > > your 1G metadata device. > > > > > > And please note that 8.27 is more strict on this than 8.2.6! This bit me, > > > because my meta data device for two drbd devices was a few MB short and > > > after what was supposed to be a small upgrade, drbd wouldn't start > > > anymore. > > > > interessting. you should have complained ;) > > maybe we can relax that a bit again... > > Well it was clearly my fault. The docs say 128MB for each drbd device and I > gave it about 249 for two (maybe fdisk rounded down when partitioning). > > What I wonder is, why the difference between internal and external meta data? > If it only needs 5MB, why require 128? hysterical reasons. you can also use _flexible-external_, which is not index-able. but it will be satisfied with only one MB, if that is enough to support your data area. actually, I think it will clip your ll dev to the amount of bitmap the meta devive can support. -- : Lars Ellenberg : LINBIT | Your Way to High Availability : DRBD/HA support and consulting http://www.linbit.com DRBD® and LINBIT® are registered trademarks of LINBIT, Austria. __ please don't Cc me, but send to list -- I'm subscribed