I believe that most of your questions can be answered by reading the DRBD user's guide..
https://docs.linbit.com/docs/users-guide-8.4/#p-intro There are 2 versions of DRBD available at the moment, DRBD8 (for up to 2 nodes) and DRBD9 (for 2+ nodes). On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 7:07 AM Alex <mysqlstud...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I posted this message a few days ago and I'm not sure it was received. > I'm really hoping someone can help. > > I'm trying to understand how drbd works and how all the different > pieces go together. I first installed drbd on Linux many, many years > ago, but it appears to be quite different and obviously more mature. > > I have a mail server with about 3TB of disk space for users. I'd like > to create a completely different system on a completely different > network and somehow provide a single interface for users to access > their email. > > Does drbd typically work with a front-end system that helps to manage > which system is active? > > Ideally I'd like a system where I can advertise a single IP address in > DNS and have traffic routed to the currently active system but I don't > really understand how all the pieces go together. > > Does drbd typically involve NFS? LVM? > > Is there a general overview doc that provides a description of typical > configurations? > > What are the services that are available as open source as compared > with the ones offered commercially by linbit? > > Thanks, > Alex > _______________________________________________ > drbd-user mailing list > drbd-user@lists.linbit.com > http://lists.linbit.com/mailman/listinfo/drbd-user >
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