[Linux-cluster] GFS

[Ryan O'Hara]

Bowie Bailey wrote:
 >
> proftpd at rodriges.spb.ru wrote:
> 
>>I'm use GFS only for share one iSCSI target between 2
>>initiators. I'm really don't need create a cluster among
>>those two nodes. I'm install GFS,GFS-kernel,fence,ccs and
>>others packages, install iSCSI-initiator and even create
>>gfs-file system, but then i'm going to mount gfs i received
>>
>>[root at initiator src]# mount -t gfs /dev/sda1 /mnt/w/
>>mount: Transport endpoint is not connected
>>
>>I haven't any idea about /etc/cluster/cluster.conf file -
>>It's really necessary to create them. I'm simply want to
>>share one iSCSI target between 2 hosts. Can i achive
>>without creating a cluster???
> 
> 
> No, you can't use GFS without a cluster.  You need the cluster
> services to manage access to the shared filesystem and to prevent
> misbehaving nodes from causing data corruption.
> 

You can use GFS without a cluster if you run as a standalone filesystem.

When you use GFS as shared storage, as in this case, you do need to run 
GFS in a cluster.

Ryan