On 10/9/2014 8:19 PM, Micky wrote: > Most people forget that DRDB is a 'clustered' storage that creates a new > block device on top of existing block devices, over the network. > > There are issues like SPLIT BRAIN and a possible data inconsistency, should > there be multiple network timeouts, congestions (since it is all network > based) etc. This may not be the best solution for your problem! those are potential issues with ANY high availability clustering solution that need to be carefully engineered around. HA clusters commonly use fencing technology to prevent split brain, dedicated network adapters just for replication, and redundant connections for status monitoring, etc. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast