[Linux-cluster] linux-cluster

[Parvez Shaikh]

Hi Digimer,

Could you please give me reference/case studies of problem about why manual
fencing was dropped and how automated fencing is fixing those?

Thanks,
Parvez

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Digimer <lists at alteeve.ca> wrote:

> On 10/02/2012 04:00 AM, Parvez Shaikh wrote:
>
>> What kind of cluster is this - an academic project or production quality
>> solution?
>>
>> If its former - go for manual fencing. You wont need fence device but
>> failover wont be automatic
>>
>
> *Please* don't do this. Manual fencing support was dropped for a reason.
> It's *far* too easy to mess things up when an admin uses it before
> identifying a problem.
>
>
>  If its later - yes you'll need fence device
>>
>
> This is the only sane option; Academic or production. Fencing is an
> integral part of the cluster and you do yourself no favour by not learning
> it in an academic setup.
>
>
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