Re: [Xen-users] 2 node - failover cluster

[John Madden <jmadden@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> The primary/primary mode works very well.
> PV VMs storage can be defined using "disk = [ 'drbd:resource,xvda,w' ]"
> (see http://www.drbd.org/docs/about/) which makes Xen in charge of
> changing DRBD mode if need. But, be aware this only works for
> paravirtualized VMs, not HVM ones.
>
> The only thing is that it will not replace a pure share storage. But
> basically, a SAN or NAS won't either, except (maybe) using a cluster FS
> over DRBD.
DRDB is just a block device.  Why won't HVM domains work with it?

John




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John Madden
Sr UNIX Systems Engineer
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
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