[ENBD] Confussion in DRBD and ENBD

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> Hi all 
> 
>  I am having some little bit of confussion in DRBD and ENBD(Enhanced
>  Network 
> Block devise). Drbd is a file system for mirroring systems across a
> LAN. Enbd  does same thing but it is not a file system. I am not
> understanding the exact  difference between these two. What is the full
> name of DRBD. any one plz help  me.
> 
> thanx in advance.
> 
> Regards 
> Srinivasa Rao

The difference is very simple. As the name says ENBD is a block device which 
means it implements the elementary read, write, lseek functionality. It is 
simply one abstraction level below any file system.

Regards KAy