Re: [DRBD-user] One resource per disk?

2018-05-11 Thread Gandalf Corvotempesta
Il giorno ven 11 mag 2018 alle ore 11:58 Robert Altnoeder < robert.altnoe...@linbit.com> ha scritto: > If it s supposed to become a storage system (e.g., one that is used by > the Hypervisors via NFS), then the whole thing is a different story, and > we may be talking about an active/passive NFS

Re: [DRBD-user] One resource per disk?

2018-05-11 Thread Robert Altnoeder
On 05/10/2018 09:44 PM, Gandalf Corvotempesta wrote: > Il giorno mer 2 mag 2018 alle ore 08:33 Paul O'Rorke > > ha scritto: > > I create a large data drive out of a bunch of small SSDs using > RAID and make that RAID drive an LVM

Re: [DRBD-user] One resource per disk?

2018-05-10 Thread Paul O'Rorke
Too many drbd resources to manage. I prefere a single resource, if possible. fair enough.  I like the granularity and independence.  I have fewer than 20 resources/VMs. I've no working experience with ZFS so I can't help you there. I'm pretty sure I've seen it discussed here though.  Have you

Re: [DRBD-user] One resource per disk?

2018-05-10 Thread Gandalf Corvotempesta
Il giorno mer 2 mag 2018 alle ore 08:33 Paul O'Rorke < p...@tracker-software.com> ha scritto: > I create a large data drive out of a bunch of small SSDs using RAID and > make that RAID drive an LVM PV. > > I can then create LVM volume groups and volumes for each use (in my case > virtual drives

Re: [DRBD-user] One resource per disk?

2018-05-02 Thread Paul O'Rorke
I create a large data drive out of a bunch of small SSDs using RAID and make that RAID drive an LVM PV. I can then create LVM volume groups and volumes for each use (in my case virtual drives for KVM) to back specific DRBD resources for each VM.  It allows me to have a DRBD resource for each

Re: [DRBD-user] One resource per disk?

2018-05-01 Thread Yannis Milios
I would prefer the 2nd option. Ideally all disks would be members of a RAID(10?) array, with DRBD sitting on top for the replication, and LVM for managing the volume. Another option would be ZFS managing the disks and the volume, while DRBD sitting on top for the replication. This very same

[DRBD-user] One resource per disk?

2018-05-01 Thread Gandalf Corvotempesta
Hi to all Let's assume 3 servers with 12 disks each Would you create one resource per disk and then manage them with something like LVM or a single resource from a huge volume over all disks? ___ drbd-user mailing list drbd-user@lists.linbit.com