[Linux-cluster] really reliable?
Gordan Bobic
gordan at bobich.net
Tue Apr 14 21:52:03 UTC 2009
David Teigland wrote:
>> Even when I try to reboot the nodes, I can't because the whole system
>> hangs on various processes that don't ever shut down. I have to
>> physically reboot these boxes.
>
> If something has gone wrong, it's often impossible to shutdown without a hard
> reboot. Even when things are working, rebooting can be a delicate task
> because the system may easily be configured to stop things in the wrong order,
> and one thing out of place can cause a wreck.
If things don't come down in the correct order using the standard init
scripts, you should file a bug report about this. I've never seen it
happen on any of my clusters.
Gordan
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