[PVE-User] DRBD+ Proxmox2.1 + Debian Squeeze

[Muhammad Yousuf Khan]

since i am not that advance user to use DRBD i found Rsync relatively
easy. please if this is a wrong approach then kindly let me know.

i am running 7 to 8 VMs (KVM). on a server that has 8 GB of RAM.
atleast 1 GB RAM is almost free.

all the VMs are almost b/w 30 to 50 GB size.

is that a good idea that i rsync 8 VMs on hourly basis via scheduler.
is it going to impact on RAM or Processor?

LAN is not a problem i'll add another LAN Card just for rsync.

any advice or suggestion would be appreciated.

Thanks,




On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 3:17 PM, admin extremeshok.com
<admin at extremeshok.com> wrote:
> GlusterFS would be better suited for 3 or more servers.
>
> We have been using it in production for 1year, with excellent results.
>
> On 2012/08/27 11:12 AM, Martin Maurer wrote:
>>> Subject: Re: [PVE-User] DRBD+ Proxmox2.1 + Debian Squeeze
>>>
>>> Thanks, ill read this. for new bie like me :) its kinda seems hard to understand
>>> but ill learn it with no problem,
>>>
>>> but there is a question of mine. since Proxmox team highly supporting DRBD.
>>> i have seen this in last version 1.9 and now in 2.1.
>>>
>> [Martin Maurer]
>> No, we do not "highly support" DRBD. This is for expert use only.
>>
>>> i was talking to a guys in mailing list they were building openfiler with HW
>>> RAID1 as a SAN solution for virtualization.
>>>
>>> so my question is, why proxmox team dont promote openfiler or open-iscsi
>>> as a cheap back end? is there any stability issue or some thing. i know there
>>> are pros and cons for every project/product however just to clear my
>>> concept i am asking this.
>> [Martin Maurer]
>> Openfiler is a SAN distribution, among many others - no problem to use with Proxmox VE.
>>
>> DRBD is a replication software - mirroring block devices via network. (e.g. Openfiler can use DRBD to replicate two Openfilers to the Openfiler HA)
>>
>> Martin
>>
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