drbd block device as storage for kvm virtual machine

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Hi, everyone

I've setup a drbd replication between two machines and used a drbd block device as storage for a kvm machine. Everything is running well. However I'm in doubt if this setup is ok to use. From what I've read so far on the internet, people tend to use drbd->ospf->qcow2_file as storage for their virtual machines.

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