Re: [PATCH 1/2] md bitmap bug fixes

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On 2005-03-19T12:44:14, Guy <bugzilla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In the case of a split brain, I think one must be 100% voided, and a full
> re-sync must be done.

Exactly. And that's where the bitmaps come into play; you can look at
what is modified on each side, merge those sets, and copy all affected
blocks from one side to the other; afterwards, you'll have a consistent
block device again.


Sincerely,
    Lars Marowsky-Brée <lmb@xxxxxxx>

-- 
High Availability & Clustering
SUSE Labs, Research and Development
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - A Novell Business

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

[Index of Archives]     [Linux RAID Wiki]     [ATA RAID]     [Linux SCSI Target Infrastructure]     [Linux Block]     [Linux IDE]     [Linux SCSI]     [Linux Hams]     [Device Mapper]     [Device Mapper Cryptographics]     [Kernel]     [Linux Admin]     [Linux Net]     [GFS]     [RPM]     [git]     [Yosemite Forum]


  Powered by Linux