RHCS

John O'Loughlin j.oloughlin at qmul.ac.uk
Tue Mar 27 12:51:06 UTC 2007


I think we are talking about two different sorts of clusters here

rocks is a 'compute' clutser for HPC
whilst RHCS is for HA

John

On Tue, 27 Mar 2007, Margaret Doll wrote:

> If you are thinking about a cluster with RedHat, you might look at
>
> http://www.rocksclusters.org/wordpress/
>
> This cluster  of free software includes Ganglia, Grid, Sun Grid Engine, etc.
>
> It has been recommended to me by the well-known vendor that is selling us a 
> cluster
> of compute nodes.
>
>
> On Mar 27, 2007, at 2:47 AM, Mad Unix wrote:
>
>> I am trying to design a HA solution using the Redhat linux cluster suite
>> with 2x Nodes running Apache with php custom apps.
>> I have some questions:
>> - What is the difference between Redhat cluster suite and other open source
>> HA
>> - What is a cluster manager ?Is this the same as Cluster suite?
>> - Can I implement a server cluster using cluster suite without having a
>> shared external disk if the services do not need to share the data?
>> - if i want to implement RHCS on 2x nodes to use the external storage, what
>> are the requirmnts for the SAN switch and SAN storage in case i go for
>> External .Fiber chaneel storage
>> - what about GFS license?
>> - If I want to use load balancing , can I use the RH cluster suite.
>> - Can some one guide me the minimum hardware requirement for the cluster
>> suite?
>> - Am thinking as a second option to use Hardware Load balancer form juniper
>> or cisco to resolve the issue of cluster.
>> 
>> any input really appreciated.
>> 
>> 
>> 
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