[DRBD-user] missing of storage plugin document

Roland Kammerer roland.kammerer at linbit.com
Fri Sep 1 09:33:40 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 Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 08:47:02AM +0800, Chengwei Yang wrote:
> 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. :-(

It is correct. Very recent browsers don't like the ssl-certificate. We
have to fix that :-/

Regards, rck



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