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Look for the release in June.<BR>
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On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 09:28 -0400, Gerald G. Gilyeat wrote:<BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">With that in mind, is there a planned release date for it yet?</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">It would be useful to know for planning purposes (especially for me... ;) )</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Thanks!</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">From: linux-cluster-bounces@redhat.com on behalf of Michael Conrad Tadpol Tilstra</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Sent: Mon 6/6/2005 9:09 AM</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">To: linux clustering</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Subject: Re: [Linux-cluster] GFS questions to have a final decision</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 10:00:53PM -0000, Raj Kumar wrote:</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> IMHO, you don't need a third server just to run the "lock server". You can</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> run the lock server on one of the two nodes... this is the configuration I</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> use: two HP DL380 G3 servers running GFS to simultaneously access MSA</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> 1000...</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> I dont know whether ML370 is supported by V3...</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">In RHEL3 the locking system is gulm, gulm requires 3 nodes for</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">redunancy. You can run in with only one, but if that goes, teh cluster</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">goes.</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Comming in RHEL4 (and which is the current CVS) we switched to cman/dlm.</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">This system can have only two nodes. (and also doesn't have lock servers</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">as every node is an equal.)</FONT></FONT><BR>
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