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Copying a device to two machines
I would like to setup a HA pair and have a remote copy in a different
site. i.e. Is it possible to have the data on three machines?

Later, JOSH
Re: Copying a device to two machines [ In reply to ]
* Josh Logan <joshl@example.com> [010926 23:21]:
>
> I would like to setup a HA pair and have a remote copy in a different
> site. i.e. Is it possible to have the data on three machines?
>
> Later, JOSH
>

The modell would be

+---------A---------+ drbd0
+--B/C--+ | drbd1
Node1 Node2 lastResortNode


... to stack two drbd devices on top of each other. It could work
on Linux-2.4.x in theory. But well, nobody knows if it works in real
live. ( While thinking about it, it will be necessary to patch the
scripts )

I would use protocol B for the HA pair, and use protocol A for the
WAN link.

The interesting part is: How to configure the left side of the
WAN drbd device ?

I would try to manage this by heartbeat via the service address of
the HA pair.

haresources:

Node1: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx datadisk::drbd1 drbd::drbd0 service

and in drbd.conf:

resource drbd0 {
...
on ha-pair {
device=/dev/nb0
disk=/dev/nb1
addres=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
port=7788
}
...
}


-Philipp