[Linux-cluster] Odd/Even Nodes for RHCS/GFS

[Lon Hohberger]

On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 12:14 -0500, Frazier, Darrell USA CRC (Contractor)
wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>  
> 
> I have heard that RHCS may have an issue with odd number of nodes vs
> even number of nodes. Has anyone heard of this? Thanx.

The only special considerations are with two-node clusters, because
there is no easy way to declare a majority in two node clusters.  So,
there has to be a way to decide which node is "alive" and which one is
"dead" in the case of a network partition.  There are several ways to do
this.

Otherwise, even vs. odd should not matter.  If there are any issues WRT
even vs. odd, it's probably a bug.

-- Lon