[DRBD-user] WAN based replication...

Brian Gupta brian.gupta at brandorr.com
Tue Dec 1 04:24:47 CET 2009

Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.


Sorry, dbdb-rpxy was supposed to be drdb-proxy.

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Brian Gupta <brian.gupta at brandorr.com> wrote:
> Does dbdb-rpxy require that you configure drdb to use its native async
> replication facility?
>
> I ask because it seems that native async-replication prevents remote
> machines from mounting the volume or accessing the data while
> replication is ongoing. It seems that one needs to break the
> connection, and promote the slave before it's ok to mount the file
> system.
>
> -Brian
>
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Johannes Thoma
> <johannes.thoma at linbit.com> wrote:
>> On Wednesday 25 November 2009 05:46:11 am Brian Gupta wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> From the docs and mailing list threads I have read, it seems that DRDB
>>> is recommended as a LAN only synchronous replication tool, with a
>>> further recommendation for a dedicated LAN segment.
>>>
>>> I am looking for a tool to be able to intercept standard Linux file
>>> system writes synchronously, but queue them for asynchronous remote
>>> writing, in some sort of replication log. (Thus allowing for
>>> tolerances found on a typical public WAN connection.)
>>>
>>> We're wondering if either DRDB has been adapted to do this, or if you
>>> guys know of any other tools that would support this.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Brian
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>>
>> Maybe you want to have a look at drbd-proxy (see
>> http://www.linbit.com/en/products-services/drbd-proxy)
>>
>> Please contact sales at linbit.com for an evaluation license.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> - Johannes
>>
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