[DRBD-user] DRBD slow sync

Dan Gahlinger dgahling at gmail.com
Tue May 20 04:28:39 CEST 2008

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I tried that too, with identical results. anything over 11M and it loses
connectivity.

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 1:14 PM, David Coulson <david at davidcoulson.net>
wrote:

>  It is my understanding that with GigE, you don't need a crossover cable.
> When I do direct server-server connections, I always use a straight through
> with Gigabit ports.
>
> My wife setup DRBD at her office the other week using a cross over cable
> and had nothing but problems. Changed it to straight through, and it worked
> fine.
>
> Not saying that is the problem - Just something that potentially can be
> changed.
>
> David
>
> Stefan Löfgren wrote:
>
> This is also something similar to what I saw...
> Using crossover cable. Trying to sync the resources caused a lot of
> disconnects,
> and it also got locked up in bitmap-transfer (what ever the name of the
> state is)...
> Also online verify failed after just a few %. So, switched to using 100Mbit
> + switch I was able to
> verify the complete disk. But after updating to 8.2.6rc1 made it better...
> (but still not perfect as stated in another thread)..
>
> /Stefan
>
>
> *---------- Original Message -----------*
> From: "Dan Gahlinger" <dgahling at gmail.com> <dgahling at gmail.com>
> To: "Tomasz Chmielewski" <mangoo at wpkg.org> <mangoo at wpkg.org>
> Cc: drbd-user at linbit.com
> Sent: Mon, 19 May 2008 12:57:42 -0400
> Subject: Re: [DRBD-user] DRBD slow sync
>
> > speaking of slow sync, I have a similar issue.
> > using a cross-over cable (2ft length) on gig interfaces, I can't set rate
> to anything over 11M
> > if I do, the units disconnect and go primary/unknown unknown/secondary.
> no matter what I do.
> > yet I can transfer data and files across the dedicated link at really
> high speed.
> > it's kind of crazy that a gig link interface can only do 11M in drbd.
> > so I think it's related to this issue somehow.
> >
> > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo at wpkg.org>
> wrote:
> >
>>
>> [WINDOWS-1252?]Anže Vidmar schrieb:
>> >
>> >
>>>
>>> hello list!
>>> >
>>> > I've setup a fresh install of DRBD + OCFS2 on the machine with the
>>> following properties:
>>> >
>>> > OS: (Bluewhite64 12) Linux 2.6.23.9-2
>>> > ARCH: x86_64
>>> > CPU:8 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5430  @ 2.66GHz
>>> > eth0 = 1Gb
>>> > DRBD version =  8.2.5
>>> >
>>> > The problem is that DRBD sync in very slooooow, around 315k/s. There is
>>> no way I can speed-up the process. The storage with OCFS2 is 3.2T large and
>>> it's build on hardware RAID5 + 1 spare.
>>> >
>>> > Here is what I've already did:
>>> >
>>> > - changed the UTP cable (cross and regular)
>>> > - tried with kernel that has DRBD included in, and kernel + DRBD module
>>>
>>> > - I've test the data transfer directly on eth1 - the transfer was
>>> normal aroung 75M/s, so the link between the secondary (eth1) NIC's is ok
>>> > - played with ethtool - I've setup the card to 100/1000M, half/full
>>> duplex... No change
>>> > - tweaking drbd.conf "net" parameters. No speed change at all.
>>> >
>>> > Anyone have any idea what might be causing the slow sync? Is this
>>> normal for the 1st time sync?
>>> >
>>
>>
>> > According to http://www.drbd.org/users-guide/re-drbdconf.html the
>> default rate is just 250 KB/s:
>> >
>> > rate rate
>> >
>> >    To ensure a smooth operation of the application on top of DRBD, it is
>> possible to limit the bandwidth which may be used by background
>> synchronizations. The default is 250 KB/sec, the default unit is KB/sec.
>> Optional suffixes K, M, G are allowed.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Tomasz Chmielewski
>> > http://wpkg.org
>> >
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>
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