<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16809" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=085383414-13072009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=085383414-13072009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=085383414-13072009><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm hoping a member could assist me in clearing up some understanding I appear to be missing when it comes to GNBD.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=085383414-13072009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=085383414-13072009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Today I clustered two vmware machines (active/passive shared nothing) and then configure GNBD....thats when I noticed it</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=085383414-13072009><FONT face=Arial size=2>wants to "export" a device from one node and "import" the device on the other node...which I did and it all works....but that is</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=085383414-13072009><FONT face=Arial size=2>not what I was after.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=085383414-13072009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=085383414-13072009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can GNBD be configured to keep two disks on different systems in sync using both synchronous and asynchronous write options?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=085383414-13072009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=085383414-13072009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Further research appears to dictate DRDB would be more suited for what I'm trying to do. (build active/passive clusters on cheap</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=085383414-13072009><FONT face=Arial size=2>storage..ie no SAN to replicate and no scsi to share)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=085383414-13072009><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=085383414-13072009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any help much appreciated!!!!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bruce Bushby</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Unix Engineering</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Calibri size=2></FONT> </DIV> <p><span style="font-family:'Arial';font-size:8pt;">**********************************************************************</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:'Arial';font-size:8pt; color:#00E100;">Please consider the environment before printing this email or its attachments.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:'Arial';font-size:8pt;">The contents of this email are for the named addressees only. It contains information which may be confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, destroy this email and any attachments and do not otherwise disclose or use them. Email transmission is not a secure method of communication and Man Investments cannot accept responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this email or any attachments. Whilst Man Investments makes every effort to keep its network free from viruses, it does not accept responsibility for any computer virus which might be transferred by way of this email or any attachments. This email does not constitute a request, offer, recommendation or solicitation of any kind to buy, subscribe, sell or redeem any investment instruments or to perform other such transactions of any kind. Man Investments reserves the right to monitor, record and retain all electronic communications through its network to ensure the integrity of its systems, for record keeping and regulatory purposes. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:'Arial';font-size:8pt;">Visit us at: www.maninvestments.com </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:'Arial';font-size:8pt;">TG0908</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:'Arial';font-size:8pt;">**********************************************************************</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:'Arial';font-size:8pt;"> </span></p></BODY></HTML>