Re: [RFD] Layering: Use-Case Composers (was: DRBD - what is it,anyways? [compare with e.g. NBD + MD raid])

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Mon Aug 13 2007 - 09:18:53 EST



On Aug 12 2007 20:21, david@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> per the message below MD (or DM) would need to be modified to work
> reasonably well with one of the disk components being over an
> unreliable link (like a network link)

Does not dm-multipath do something like that?

> are the MD/DM maintainers interested in extending their code in this direction?
> or would they prefer to keep it simpler by being able to continue to assume
> that the raid components are connected over a highly reliable connection?

Jan
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