[Linux-cluster] Cluster design questions

Robert Ruge robert at deakin.edu.au
Sun Jul 17 23:28:34 UTC 2005


I have two simple questions for the experts out there. My
configuration will be RHEL 4 and GFS6.1.

1. When setting up the cluster membership should I use a private
network address for the members even if it is 100mb or would the
public data interface which is gigabit provide beter performance? I
guess the question is really how much network traffic does the DLM
create?

2. If I have a GFS /export filesystem can I then mount other GFS
filesystems under that and on multiple nodes, i.e., can I have
/export/home1, /export/home2, /export/home3 all mounted under /export
and all being GFS filesystems and all mounted on multiple servers? Do
the mount points cause any confusion across the nodes.

Thanks.

Robert Ruge   School of Information Technology, Deakin University  




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