[Linux-cluster] SAN file system to be shared to multiple nodes

[SUVANKAR MOITRA]

dear Lon,


This is my 1st Linux Cluster installation .My os is
RHEL AS4 and Redhat Cluster Suite 4, can you give me a
complite installation document on that so i can
install it properly.

My Hardware is  as follows:------

Server :- 2 Nos HP DL380G4
Storage:-- 1 no Hp MSA500G2


regards

Suvankar

--- Lon Hohberger <lhh at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 13:22 -0700, rturnbull wrote:
> 
> > So my question is, what is the best file system
> available that is 
> > production worthy and capable of running on a
> Slackware 10.2 distro.  
> > Naturally, I would guess a lot of people would say
> GFS or OpenGFS, 
> 
> GFS is production ready and stable - and designed
> precisely for what you
> are trying to do.
> 
> However, I do not know if anyone has packaged it for
> Slackware.  I know
> it has been packaged for other distributions (apart
> from Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux), though, such as Ubuntu and Fedora
> Core.
> 
> > however is it stable and production ready.  What
> about other shared file 
> > systems such as InterMezzo or Coda?
> 
> These are distributed/disconnected file systems
> which solve a different
> paradigm, and they require a server (or replicated
> servers).
> 
> GFS (6.1) does not require a server - for locks or
> data.  There is a
> distributed lock manager for managing internal
> metadata and POSIX locks,
> and all clients have direct access to the SAN
> storage.
> 
> -- Lon
> 
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