SV: SV: [Linux-cluster] Linux Clustering Newbe

Lon Hohberger lhh at redhat.com
Wed Jul 25 14:13:02 UTC 2007


On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 02:36:17PM +0200, Kristoffer Lippert wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> A fence device is a device that can "build a fence" around a node, and thus keep it from corrupting a shared filesystem.
> Most commonly i think a powerswitch is used. It simply cuts the power to the decfunct server.
> It looks and works like this:
> http://www.wti.com/guides/rpb115ug.htm
> (but there are ofcourse loads of brands avaliabel - No, I don't work for WTI ;-)

Nor do I, but I'd go with an IPS 800 (or CE version), since someone I
know has one sitting around and it's well-tested :D

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Lon Hohberger - Software Engineer - Red Hat, Inc.




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