[Linux-cluster] No storage cluster configuration

[Brendan Heading]

Riaan van Niekerk wrote:

> It would be great if this could move past the ingredients phase ("use A, 
> B and C") to the recipe phase ("first you ..."). There is definitely a 
> huge demand for "pseudo-shared storage" clustering, based on what I have 
> heard from my customers and what I have seen on this list.

I second that. The trouble that many people (like me) have when starting 
out is that it's difficult to justify dropping a relatively large amount 
of money on a storage array that might not work very well. Using GNBD it 
would surely be easier to prove the concept.

I remember a comment in a FAQ somewhere which said rather emphatically 
that GNBD could not do mirroring across two devices, and it suggested to 
go and look at Intermezzo or AFS. Two projects which appear to be very 
far indeed from being enterprise-ready.