Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 01/14] docs: block replication's description

[Wen Congyang]

On 03/11/2015 03:04 PM, Fam Zheng wrote:
> On Wed, 03/11 15:01, Wen Congyang wrote:
>> On 03/11/2015 02:49 PM, Fam Zheng wrote:
>>> On Wed, 03/11 14:44, Wen Congyang wrote:
>>>> On 03/03/2015 03:59 PM, Fam Zheng wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 03/03 15:53, Wen Congyang wrote:
>>>>>> I test qcow2_make_empty()'s performance. The result shows that it may
>>>>>> take about 100ms(normal sata disk). It is not acceptable for COLO. So
>>>>>> I think disk buff is necessary(just use it to replace qcow2).
>>>>>
>>>>> Why not tmpfs or ramdisk?
>>>>
>>>> Another problem:
>>>> After failover, secondary write request will be written in (active disk)?
>>>> It is better to write request to (nbd target). Is there any feature can
>>>> be reused to implement it?
>>>
>>> You can use block commit or stream to move the data.
>>
>> When doing failover, we can use it to move the data. After failover,
>> I need an endless job to move the data.
>>
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> I see what you mean. After failover, does the nbd server receive more data
> (i.e. do you need a buffer to stash data from the other side)? If you commit
> (active disk) to (nbd target), all the writes will go to a single image.

After failover(primary host downs), only secondary qemu works, and nbd server
doesn't receive any more data.

Thanks
Wen Congyang

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