[DRBD-user] missing of storage plugin document

Chengwei Yang yangchengwei at qiyi.com
Fri Sep 1 02:47:02 CEST 2017

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


On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 09:58:51AM +0200, Roland Kammerer wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 11:01:05AM +0800, 杨成伟 wrote:
> > Hi list,
> > 
> > The document of drbd storage plugin I found is a small section here
> > https://docs.linbit.com/doc/users-guide-90/s-drbdmanage-storage-plugins/
> > 
> > It's quite simple seems helps a little.
> > 
> > Is there any more document about sotrage plugins? say:
> > 
> > Is it possible to change storage plugin?
> 
> What is unclear here?: "Currently it is not supported to switch storage
> plugins on the fly. The workflow is: Add a new node, modify the
> configuration for that node, make use of the node. Changing other
> settings (like the log-level) on the fly is perfectly fine."
> 
> > If yes, how, if no, why?
> 
> Because it would require loading multiple storage plugins at a time.
> Something no customer was interested so far.
> 
> > What's the difference among these sotrage plugins?
> 
> Hm, what information would you like to see there? The LVM plugin creates
> DRBD backing devices on LVM. The thin variant does that thinly
> provisioned. The ZFS plugin uses ZFS ;-).
> 
> > Following the drbd document, I got many questions without answers like
> > these.
> 
> Feel free to ask, and if in the mood help to improve the documentation:
> https://git.linbit.com/linbit-documentation.git

Is this url correct? I can not open it. :-(

> 
> Regards, rck
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thanks, chengwei



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