[Linux-cluster] network best practice for cluster?

Lon Hohberger lhh at redhat.com
Thu May 8 19:44:27 UTC 2008


On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 13:09 -0400, FM wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We read a lot of gfs tuning, number of nodes, etc. But how about the 
> network infrastructure ?
> 
> is a separate network/vlan for dlm is the way to go ? Do you tune the 
> network stack to speed dlm ?

The cluster (generally) including the DLM and fencing should be on a
separate network from other hosts if possible.

I don't know that a special network just for DLM traffic is necessary.

-- Lon




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