Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
Chris Zimmerman wrote:
> Yes I want to use the shared storage for public_html for a load
> balanced Apache install. You say shared storage, I want to sure, this
> can be done with partitions on 2 machine's using drbd and gfs without
> the need for a "shared storage" ? I am trying to do this without a san
> if I can.
That's correct. GFS would sit on top of DRBD in an active/active
configuration. I overspoke a little about this being done with "ease".
Please read Chapter 10 of our online user's guide, this will lay out
some of the technical challenges associated with active/active
configurations.
http://www.drbd.org/users-guide/ch-gfs.html
> Does drbd have a limit of 2 servers?
The GPL version of DRBD is limited to a standard 2 node configuration.
To obtain more than 2 nodes, we would stack resources. Read more at:
http://drbd-plus.linbit.com/examples:drbdplus-for-beginners
>
> Sorry I sent you this directly on accident Kavan.
No worries :)
-Kavan
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