[DRBD-user] DRBD 4 node active-active?

Felix Frank ff at mpexnet.de
Thu Jan 5 13:50:56 CET 2012

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Hi,

On 01/05/2012 12:17 AM, Kim Ebert wrote:
> Is it possible to have an active active configuration using stacked
> resources?

no, it's not.

Imagine DRBD as an entity that pushes changes to its peer(s). The
pushing can only happen downward in the stack. For more than two
primaries, DRBD would need to send changes on lower level resources to
upper level resources. It doesn't work this way.

HTH,
Felix



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