> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] <drbd-user-
> [email protected]> On Behalf Of Matt Kereczman
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2021 1:09 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [DRBD-user] 20TB cluster: 1 big drbd disk or multiple small ones?
>
> On 6/21/21 3:19 AM, Eric Robinson wrote:
> > Suppose you're building a cluster with 20TB of storage that will run
> > multiple instances of MySQL. Which is better, creating one big drbd
> > disk, or carving it up into multiple smaller ones?
>
> Many small DRBD resources is likely better than one large resource in this
> case. With multiple resources you'll have independent failure domains as
> opposed to one large one.
My mind is leaning in the same direction.
>Also, each DRBD resource will get it's own set of
> processes (worker/sender/receiver/etc.) and network socket which will
> likely help with performance.
>
Hmm. Good thought. Had not considered that.
> You could even use, "options { cpu-mask $mask; }", in your DRBD
> configurations to ensure each resource gets it's own CPU thread. Here is a
> link to the relevant section in the DRBD users guide:
> https://linbit.com/drbd-user-guide/drbd-guide-9_0-en/#s-latency-tuning-
> cpu-mask
>
> >
> > Also, any thoughts about a preferred filesystem for this scenario?
> <snip>
> Any journaling FS (xfs/ext4) mounted with noatime should be fine.
>
Not xfs then?
> Best Regards,
> Matt
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