From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Philipp Reisner To: drbd-dev@lists.linbit.com Subject: Re: [Drbd-dev] [PATCH] dynamic creation/removal more then 256 drbd devices Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 13:32:41 +0200 References: <200704271121.44336.stf_xl@wp.pl> <200705041444.35189.philipp.reisner@linbit.com> <200705070920.49401.stf_xl@wp.pl> In-Reply-To: <200705070920.49401.stf_xl@wp.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200705071332.41836.philipp.reisner@linbit.com> List-Id: Coordination of development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Monday 07 May 2007 09:20:49 Stanislaw Gruszka wrote: > On Friday 04 May 2007 14:44, Philipp Reisner wrote: > > But in case I had an application that is in the need for > > many block devices (e.g. a farm of kvm or xen instances...) > > I would put a LVM VG on top of a singe DRBD device. > > IMHO creating drbd on top lv's is more flexible then creating vg on top > of drbd, however this depend on overall system design and needs. > > > My question is more like: What was your motivation for doing > > this patch ? > > Well, my boss want me to do it. My company provide linux based software to > storage servers and some client wont it. Hi Stanislaw, I will review and commit your stuff to SVN soon after the 8.0.3 release. I.e. you patch will probably be included in the 8.0.4 release. -phil -- : Dipl-Ing Philipp Reisner Tel +43-1-8178292-50 : : LINBIT Information Technologies GmbH Fax +43-1-8178292-82 : : Vivenotgasse 48, 1120 Vienna, Austria http://www.linbit.com :