Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 09:39:54 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Global / Cluster / Shared filesystem for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20050311153954.GC92140@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <4231B7D5.3070306@xbsd.org> References: <4231B19D.8060406@centtech.com> <Pine.GSO.4.60.0503110859020.18393@titan> <4231B7D5.3070306@xbsd.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
In the last episode (Mar 11), Florent Thoumie said: > 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 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. You want geom_gate. See the ggatec, ggated, and ggatel manpages. Note that none of the packages mentioned so far will give you a cluster filesystem; they are just a cheaper way of sharing block devices than a Fibre Channel SAN. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20050311153954.GC92140>