Re: XFS and MD multipath

["Martin K. Petersen" <mkp@mkp.net>]

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Dr|ing <Michael.Drueing@advanced-unibyte.de> writes:

Michael> We noticed some problems with XFS on a multipath raid device:
Michael> As soon as one path is removed the system does not switch to
Michael> the second path. But as soon as the failed path is
Michael> reconnected, Linux shuts down the (reenabled) path... With
Michael> ext2, everything works as expected. Is multipath not
Michael> supported on XFS? Or are we doing something wrong here?

That's odd.  The multipath personality shouldn't expose any of this to
the filesystem.  And didn't last I looked at it.

I'll add another path to my setup at work and give it a whirl later
today.

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Martin K. Petersen, Principal Linux Consultant, Linuxcare, Inc.
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