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List:       drbd-user
Subject:    Re: [DRBD-user] drbd storage size
From:       Digimer <lists () alteeve ! ca>
Date:       2014-10-23 12:55:03
Message-ID: 5448FAA7.4060505 () alteeve ! ca
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On 23/10/14 04:00 AM, Philipp Reisner wrote:
> 2a) Initialize both backend devices to a known state.
>      I.e. dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb1 bs=$((1024*1024)) oflag=direct

Question;

   What I've done in the past to speed up initial sync is to create the 
DRBD device, pause-sync, then do your 'dd if=/dev/zero ...' trick to 
/dev/drbd0. This effectively drives the resync speed to the max possible 
and ensures full sync across both nodes. Is this a sane approach?

digimer

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