On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 03:36 -0800, Robinson, Eric wrote: > Hi all! > > I have my drbd disk on a logical volume that is running out of space. > > device /dev/drbd0; > disk /dev/vg01/lv01; > > drbd0 is 400GB and about 80% full. > > Is there any danger or issues of concern if I want to simply extend > logical volume lv01 and thus increase the size of device drbd0? Can this > be done "live," or is there a special procedure? Will this have any > implications for the ext3 filesystem mounted on drbd0?
Resizing (On and Off Line) is detailed here: http://www.drbd.org/users-guide-emb/s-resizing.html > Also, as a separate question, are there any performance or reliability > issues that I should know about that occur when drbd disks start filling > up? DRBD just replicates blocks; there is no concept of a "full" DRBD block device since it is only concerned with replicating dirty blocks. Of course, the file system running on-top of DRBD may have its own issues when it fills up, but those are not linked to DRBD. Mark. -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, Managed Services Manpower www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering customer-focused solutions GPG Key: http://www.linux-corner.info/mwatts.gpg
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