Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759368AbXHKJiR (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Aug 2007 05:38:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751123AbXHKJiF (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Aug 2007 05:38:05 -0400 Received: from aug.linbit.com ([212.69.162.22]:44193 "EHLO mail.linbit.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755374AbXHKJiD (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Aug 2007 05:38:03 -0400 Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:38:05 +0200 From: Lars Ellenberg To: LKML Kernel Subject: DRBD - what is it, anyways? [compare with e.g. NBD + MD raid] Message-ID: <20070811093805.GA5185@racke.local> Mail-Followup-To: Lars Ellenberg , LKML Kernel MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1047 Lines: 29 sorry, I did not have the time to "beautify" our code base further, so still no patch submission for the in-depth review. looking at my schedule, this probably has to wait for september at the very least :( meanwhile, please, anyone interessted, the drbd paper for LinuxConf Eu 2007 is finalized. http://www.drbd.org/fileadmin/drbd/publications/drbd8.linux-conf.eu.2007.pdf it does not give too much implementation detail (would be inapropriate for conference proceedings, imo; some paper commenting on the source code should follow). but it does give a good overview about what DRBD actually is, what exact problems it tries to solve, and what developments to expect in the near future. so you can make up your mind about "Do we need it?", and "Why DRBD? Why not NBD + MD-RAID?" thanks, Lars - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/