On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 11:16 +0200, Coert Waagmeester wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> we have a new setup with xen on centos5.3
>
> I run drbd from lvm volumes to mirror data between the two servers.
>
> both servers are 1U nec rack mounts with 8GB RAM, 2x mirrored 1TB
> seagate satas.
>
> The one is a dual core xeon, and the other a quad-core xeon.
>
> I have a gigabit crossover link between the two with an MTU of 9000 on
> each end.
>
> I currently have 6 drbds mirroring across that link.
>
> The highest speed I can get through that link with drbd is 11 MB/sec
> (megabytes)
>
> But if I copy a 1 gig file over that link I get 110 MB/sec.
>
> Why is DRBD so slow?
>
> I am not using drbd encryption because of the back to back link.
> Here is a part of my drbd config:
>
> # cat /etc/drbd.conf
> global {
> usage-count yes;
> }
> common {
> protocol C;
> syncer { rate 80M; }
> net {
> allow-two-primaries;
> }
> }
> resource xenotrs {
> device /dev/drbd6;
> disk /dev/vg0/xenotrs;
> meta-disk internal;
>
> on baldur.somedomain.local {
> address 10.99.99.1:7793;
> }
> on thor.somedomain.local {
> address 10.99.99.2:7793;
> }
> }
>
>
> Kind regards,
> Coert
>
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I am reading up on this on the internet as well, but all the tcp
settings and disk settings make me slightly nervous...