[DRBD-user] dedicated network connection

Philip Gaw pgaw at darktech.org.uk
Mon Nov 26 12:23:09 CET 2012

Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
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On 25/11/2012 19:46, marcus wrote:
> Hello
> Thank you for making this product available!
>
> In your documentation you say:
> "It is recommended that you run your DRBD replication over a 
> "dedicated connection", preferably  a "direct, back-to-back, Gigabit 
> Ethernet connection."
>
> Does this mean a second NIC (in each host) on the same subnet,
> a second NIC (in each host) on a different, separate switch and subnet,
> or a second NIC (in each host) and a configured cross-over cable??
>
>
Second NIC in each host with a configured crossover cable. (where possible)

> I am configuring 2 servers on a small network.  One as primary and the 
> second as a hot standby.  I want to use DRBD to replicate  the data 
> partition.




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