On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 02:01:57PM -0700, clipclop wrote: > > > >> What could cause the discrepancy between the logical and DRBD volume > >> sizes ? > > > >Do you use "flexible-meta-disk" ? if not, then thats your problem. > >the "meta-disk device[index]" method uses strictly 128 MiB. > > > >What does drbd log in kernel messages during attach? > >there should be lines like "drbd_bm_resize called with capacity". > > After changing the meta-disk option to "flexible-meta-disk" , issues now > resolved. > > As storage in the Terabytes becomes more common perhaps DRBD in the future > could warn about meta-data size if a large partition is detected.
Unfortunately, that is not easily possible at meta data creation. We _do_ warn, however, on _attach_. You should find a message like "truncating very big lower level device to currently maximum possible <some large number> sectors" If not, please tell me, and I double check that warning. -- : Lars Ellenberg : LINBIT | Your Way to High Availability : DRBD/HA support and consulting http://www.linbit.com DRBD® and LINBIT® are registered trademarks of LINBIT, Austria. __ please don't Cc me, but send to list -- I'm subscribed _______________________________________________ drbd-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linbit.com/mailman/listinfo/drbd-user
