Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
On 23/10/14 09:17 AM, Philipp Reisner wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 23. Oktober 2014, 08:55:03 schrieb Digimer: >> On 23/10/14 04:00 AM, Philipp Reisner wrote: >>> 2a) Initialize both backend devices to a known state. >>> >>> I.e. dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb1 bs=$((1024*1024)) oflag=direct >> >> Question; >> >> What I've done in the past to speed up initial sync is to create the >> DRBD device, pause-sync, then do your 'dd if=/dev/zero ...' trick to >> /dev/drbd0. This effectively drives the resync speed to the max possible >> and ensures full sync across both nodes. Is this a sane approach? >> > > Yes, sure that is a way to do it. (I have the impression that is something > form the drbd-8.3 world.) Guilty as charged! :) > I do not know from the top of the head if that will be faster than the > built-in background resync in drbd-8.4. > > Best, > Phil I am just this week starting to migrate to 8.4, so I will make a point to look into this. I will start a fresh sync, do nothing else on the system and see how long it takes. Cheers -- Digimer Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without access to education?