Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
any idea? :( On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Jose Perez <jvoorhees1 at gmail.com> wrote: > hi people: > > I pretend to build a HA cluster using Heartbeat with 2 nodes > (Active/Standby). These nodes are just compatible computers (PCs), so > they don't have any IPMI, RSA, APC or similar features to use stonith. > > I'm thinking about using DRBD to replicate information between both > nodes so I would like someone with more experience than me give me > some advices to achieve a reliable setup. > > - If I won't be able to use stonith to kill the other node in split > brain situation... Does my information will be at risk? > - If I use a dual-primary DRBD configuration... Is it possible that > data loss occurs in split brain situations? Do I need to use GFS/OCFS > in this scenario? How reliable is this for production use= > - What would be that appropiate shared storage configuration for my HA > Cluster? I have seen some posts talking about DRBD+NFS or DRBD+iSCSI.. > How reliable are the alternatives that I have? > > I'm trying to make the right choice of technologies for my cluster > scenario so I would appreciate some advices. Please consider my ONLY > TWO PCs available (both nodes), or maybe suggest me a better scenario > (maybe a third PC or something else) so I can evaluate the better > choice. > > Thanks people , bye :) >