DRBD
LinBit's system for mirroring filesystems across the Network, typically a dedicated LAN, written by Philipp Reisner[1] and LarsEllenberg[2]. This is the general replication technology which is most commonly used by members of by the Linux-HA community. By the way, DRBD is a registered trademark of LinBit[3].
A background paper by Lars on DRBD 8.0.x[4] is recommended.
For a good overview of DRBD (0.6.x), see Lars's article[5] on DRBD in the November, 2003[6] issue of the US publication Linux Magazine[7].
This article has been reviewed for DRBD 0.7: DataRedundancyByDrbd[8]
For further information, refer to the drbd.org site[9], and the DRBD pages in this wiki:
DRBD/FAQ[10]
DRBD/HowTo[12]
DRBD/HowTov2[13]
DRBD/NFS[14]
If you want to be on the safe side, or just want to support the authors, commercial DRBD support[16] is available.
See Also
References
| [1] | http://www.linbit.com/philippreisner.html?L=1 |
| [2] | http://www.linux-ha.org/LarsEllenberg |
| [3] | http://www.linbit.com/en/ |
| [4] | http://www.drbd.org/fileadmin/drbd/publications/drbd8.linux-conf.eu.2007.pdf |
| [5] | http://www.linux-mag.com/2003-11/drbd_01.html |
| [6] | http://www.linux-mag.com/2003-11/toc.html |
| [7] | http://linux-mag.com/ |
| [8] | http://www.linux-ha.org/DataRedundancyByDrbd |
| [9] | http://www.drbd.org |
| [10] | http://www.linux-ha.org/DRBD/FAQ |
| [11] | http://www.linux-ha.org/DRBD/GettingStarted |
| [12] | http://www.linux-ha.org/DRBD/HowTo |
| [13] | http://www.linux-ha.org/DRBD/HowTov2 |
| [14] | http://www.linux-ha.org/DRBD/NFS |
| [15] | http://www.linux-ha.org/DRBD/QuickStart07 |
| [16] | http://www.linbit.com/en/drbd/drbd/drbd-support |
| [17] | http://www.linux-ha.org/BusinessContinuity |