From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756215AbZENWbs (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 May 2009 18:31:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754020AbZENWbj (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 May 2009 18:31:39 -0400 Received: from fmmailgate05.web.de ([217.72.192.243]:34469 "EHLO fmmailgate05.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753948AbZENWbi convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 May 2009 18:31:38 -0400 Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 00:31:38 +0200 Message-Id: <716147033@web.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 From: devzero@web.de To: bart.vanassche@gmail.com Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, philipp.reisner@linbit.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/16] DRBD: a block device for HA clusters Organization: http://freemail.web.de/ X-Provags-Id: V01U2FsdGVkX19p9WKaR2eEqoFmwS8BEpu2GzhrFydvNNkm0smpGVkpfXXgv hK1g3LwTlpizpBDTOKWpTZZwUq4DrtiqcXigxI6Sts+9s44WYo= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Andrew Morton > wrote: >> On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:26:36 +0200 Philipp Reisner wrote: >> >>> This is a repost of DRBD >> >> Is it being used anywhere for anything? If so, where and what? > >One popular application is to run iSCSI and HA software on top of DRBD >in order to build a highly available iSCSI storage target. > >Bart. Iirc, Xtravirt`s XVS Virtual SAN appliance is built around DRBD. For those interested: Some Blog entry: http://vmetc.com/2008/05/23/xtravirt-xvs-creates-a-free-san-out-of-local-esx-vmfs/ Design sheet: http://communities.vmware.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/950436-9486/xvsrefdiag.jpg Discussion: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1114092#1114092 Seems to be sold to PHD Virtual Technologies now.... regards roland ______________________________________________________ GRATIS für alle WEB.DE-Nutzer: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://movieflat.web.de