[Linux-cluster] CS4 U5 / recommended quorumd values for a two nodes cluster

[Lon Hohberger]

On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 14:47 +0200, Jos Vos wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 10:37:15AM +0200, Marc - A. Dahlhaus [ Administration | Westermann GmbH ] wrote:
> 
> > Your problem lies here: expected_votes="3"
> 
> [...]
> 
> > You should calculate your votes like this:
> > ( votes % 2 ) + 1
> > 
> > So you should use this: expected_votes="2"
> 
> Oh... but the FAQ (# 18) explicitly says "nodes + 1" and gives "3"
> as the example for a two-node cluster.  And I tried it (accidently)
> with expected_votes="2" and the result was that the nodes started
> fencing each other in an endless loop.  This was solve by setting
> expected_votes="3".  This is on RHEL5. b.t.w., not RHEL4.
> 

two_node=0
expected_votes=3
qdisk=1 vote
nodes=1 vote each

-- Lon