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Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 08:26:47 +1000
From: Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
To: Lars Marowsky-Bree <lmb@...e.de>
Cc: Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@...bit.com>,
James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@...bit.com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@...e.de>,
"Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>,
Kyle Moffett <kyle@...fetthome.net>,
Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/16] DRBD: bitmap
On Tuesday May 5, lmb@...e.de wrote:
> On 2009-05-03T15:21:41, Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de> wrote:
>
> > As I said, I don't immediately see the benefits of the activity log
> > format, however,
> > 1/ I am happy to listen to its benefits being explained
> > 2/ If we were to agree that merging DRBD functionality into md
> > (for which there isn't a concrete proposal, but the suggestion
> > seems to be floating around) were a good thing, I don't have any
> > problem with supporting an activity log in md in the name of
> > compatibility.
>
> So, let's take a step back here.
>
> All of this is extremely beneficial discussion to be had. As some of you
> are (painfully, sometimes ;-) aware, I'm a big fan of converging RAID
> implementations/back-ends, and the goal is well received.
>
> But this will take a while, and both drbd, md, md/nbd, or even dm-raid1
> have large existing user bases, and HA environments don't switch easily.
> All are actively maintained.
>
> Sharing more and more of the code strikes me as a mid-term goal, and
> full converges as a long-term one (alas).
>
> What I think this argument has shown that drbd's design is sound (even
> if some choices, like that of the alternatives, are up for discussion),
> similar to different file systems (of which we seem to have plenty
> too).
>
> I would suggest at this time, we may want to refocus on the remaining
> objections to merging drbd as a driver in the short-term.
I cannot imagine that there would be any. Given its history, its
popularity, and its modularity, there can be no question about merging
it, and only a possible question on whether it should spend some time
in 'staging' first.
I doubt there is much call for that, but nor it is clear to be how the
decision would be made.
>
> I think I've not read anything in the last 3-5 days which still would
> rate as a reason for rejection or delay.
>
> Did I miss something?
This is lkml - no one can catch everything :-)
I big part of why I was comparing and contrasting DRBD to md is
because that enables me to understand it better. That sort of in-depth
understanding is, for me, a prerequisite for an in-depth review.
So it is all just part of the review process....
NeilBrown
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