[DRBD-user] GFS & Co

Lars Marowsky-Bree lmb at suse.de
Wed Oct 6 10:09:20 CEST 2004

Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.


On 2004-10-06T02:09:10, Alexander Opitz <opi at le-bit.de> wrote:

> I've read the ROADMAP for DRBD 0.8 and I'm interested in helping on 
> following paragraph:
> 
> + 9 Support shared disk semantics  ( for GFS, OCFS etc... )
> 
> Cause my boss needs this and I want to create a cluster distribution 
> (with easy and fast setup) for different Server/Cluster Solutions.
> 
> This Server/Cluster Distribution should have a frontend (like dia) where 
> you drag&drop all your servers, give them names and services, connect 
> them with lines. The Software should tell you what you need (if more 
> pathes possible, the admin should decide) ... after all is done, a CD 
> iso image should be generated (with Morphix?) this can be booted, you 
> enter name of the station and all will work automagicaly ;)

An automated cluster install is something quite different from shared
disk semantics on top of drbd, but if you like ;-)

Such cluster install wizards are actually being worked on, they'll just
need a little bit more time.


Sincerely,
    Lars Marowsky-Brée <lmb at suse.de>

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