Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 09:41:05 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Global / Cluster / Shared filesystem for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <4231BC11.7030604@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <4231B7D5.3070306@xbsd.org> References: <4231B19D.8060406@centtech.com> <Pine.GSO.4.60.0503110859020.18393@titan> <4231B7D5.3070306@xbsd.org>
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Florent Thoumie wrote: > Adam Maloney wrote: > >> On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Eric Anderson wrote: >> >>> Speaking of filesytems :), I have a real need for a global filesystem >>> (or >> >> >> >> "me too" >> >> I played with CODA a few months ago but it didn't seem to be solid, and >> didn't fit my needs. Everything else I've looked at is Linux-only. >> Please follow-up to the list, I'd be very interested in seeing what >> other projects are available. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > I don't know if DRBD [1] is a good implementation (Linux only), but it > works flawlessly, replication is fast (i got ~35MB/s) and it's quite > simple to get it working. > > ENBD [2] isn't based on the same concept, it "exports" block devices > through network via userland application, though it needs a kernel > module for client side. > > I'd like something like DRBD exists for FreeBSD but I'm not aware of > such an implementation. > > [1] http://www.drbd.org/ > [2] http://www.it.uc3m.es/~ptb/nbd/ GEOM Gate does a part of this. I thing using vinum+geom gate you could get a similar setup. However, this isn't exactly what I want - I don't need a 'mirror', I need a cluster of active machines serving the same disk data. For what it's worth, there is an nbd port: net/nbd-server Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology I have seen the future and it is just like the present, only longer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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