[CentOS] gnbd vs drbd

Tue Nov 7 18:43:45 UTC 2006
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>

On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 06:31 -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> > Now I have been considering giving gnbd (with cs/gfs) a try.
> > 
> > Do any of you ever crossed this path ? Any comparisons or comments ?
> 
> I use drbd, but that is because I am doing exactly what it was designed
> for (creating a backup, failover server ... setting side-by-side with a
> crossover cable in case of server failure).
> 
> I have no experience using gnbd for that, so I really can't comment on
> whether it might be better.

I can't help, but I'll add another question: Has anyone tried
software raid over iscsi to get the same effect?

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 Les Mikesell
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