Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Dennis Jacobfeuerborn <dennisml at conversis.de> wrote: > On 06/12/2012 04:04 PM, Eduardo Diaz - Gmail wrote: >> Don't use crossover cables.. In my experience use crossover cables for two >> node cluster make only problems... use a simple switch.. > > Why would a setup with 2 cables and a switch be more reliable than just a > single cable? That doesn't make sense. > Going out on a limb here, but if you have NICs with buggy drivers / firmware, a reset NIC on node A will drop the link on node B. If a switch is in the middle, node B doesn't drop the link. -M