[Linux-cluster] GFS over AOE without fencing?

[Kadlecsik Jozsi]

Hi,

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007, Bryn M. Reeves wrote:

> For cutting the access off at the storage there is a new
> fence agent in the cluster CVS called fence_scsi - you can use that if
> the storage supports SCSI3 reservations. I don't know if that is the
> case for AOE though.

The Coraid box supports MAC based access control at the level of the 
logical blades so it is not hard to write a fence agent which disables the 
access right of the failing node.

Best regards,
Jozsef
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