Tag Archives: quorum

The BeaST storage concept side-notes

Posted on 12.08.2020 by mezzantrop

The BeaST Quorum daemon updated to version 1.2. Actually, I added only auto-detection of the block-size of the drive to work with sectors larger than 512 bytes. While trying to setup the Grid configuration of the BeaST storage system concept … Continue reading →

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Compare two regular or device files block by block

Posted on 22.07.2018 by mezzantrop

Yes, there are a number of utilities like cmp, bdiff and etc that allow to compare binary files and even create patches. Anyway, here is my script, which I hope, will ease tracking changes on block granularity within storage volumes and … Continue reading →

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BeaST Quorum functional tests and usage explanations

Posted on 07.12.2016 by mezzantrop

As I promised earlier, I have just finished a new paper on how to use the BeaST Quorum (BQ) device for automatic LUN failover switching on active/active storage controller system with FreeBSD CTL HA. Also I have updated BQ to version 1.1.

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Quorum device for the FreeBSD CTL HA and the BeaST Storage system

Posted on 25.11.2016 by mezzantrop

Today I am pleased to announce BQ (the BeaST Quorum). It is a simple quorum drive implementation which is suitable to run with the FreeBSD CTL HA and the BeaST Storage system. Soon I’m going to write a long post … Continue reading →

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