[linux-lvm] LVM across network
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Wed Nov 26 12:11:01 UTC 2003
As far as I can tell NBD 2.x is stable. You can setup failovers with
NBD if you have more than one NIC in the computers. I have not
tested this myself.
The risk is that you accidentally disconnect a network cable etc.
Otherwise it is up to the stability of each machine to make this
work in the long run. For temp space this is fine =).
I doubt any network filesystem will allow you to disconnect a
machine and still be able to operate. NFS etc support a reastart of
the machine, but you cannot consolidate the distributed diskspace
into one logical volume.
Give NBD a try and test what happens if you disconnect a computer
then reconnect it.
I am using NBD 2.0 in Gentoo Linux together with LVM and ReiserFS
without any problems (so far).
> quick question about this, been looking for a good solution for
> this a long time. Any filesystems that can loose connectivity? I
> have a setup where I can't guarantee all the computers will stay
> stable, but it's only a setup for temporary storage anyway (1gb
> networks, temporary storage is for rendering files).
>>
>> Yes. This is possible with NBD 2.0 and later (earlier nbd tools has
>> limitation of 4GB per shared disk/volume/device). You need to
>> compile the NBD (Network Block Device) module in the kernel too.
>>
>> Then simply run on the server (the machines hosting spare volumes):
>>
>> nbd-server 10000 /dev/hdax (replace 10009 with the port you want
>> to use)
>>
>> On the client machine (where you want to run LVM to collect all
>> space;
>>
>> nbd-client IP port /dev/nbd/0
>>
>> For each server you connect simply change the IP/port and the NBD
>> device number. After this you run "vgscan" and "vgchange -ay vg"
>>
>> You should be warned though. If you loose network connectivity you
>> can end up with filesystem damage.
>>
>>
>> > Hello,
>> > I have simple question. Is it possible run LVM across network ?
>> > For example, first disk on pc1, second on pc3, third on pc3...
>> > I need file system that colecting free space across network onto one
>> > point.
>> > Thank you, Marek Jan
>>
>>
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