[rhelv6-list] Question about fence device network?

[Marti, Robert]

The purpose of fencing is to ensure a cluster resource isn't ruined by a member in an unknown state. If you're not using a cluster resource (no shared storage, no failover applications) why are you running cluster software?

On Aug 18, 2011, at 23:57, "solarflow99" <solarflow99 at gmail.com> wrote:

> i'm going through the guide too and I just wonder why you would even need fencing if you are not using something like GFS?  Imagine a network with many app servers running on their own storage, they would probably just link to a database to read/write any data.  
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