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In a message dated: Tue, 09 May 2000 12:33:48 EDT
Keith Barrett said:
>Piranha is a completely packaged system. You do not need to piece it
>together. It provides both the LVS services and FOS services, depending
>whether you wish to set up a pool of load-balanced servers or just a
>fault-tolerant server for IP services. It comes with it's own heartbeat,
>monitopring, etc. It has a single configuration file. There are no "Red Hat"
>patches to LVS or the kernel like someone was trying to relate.
Hi Keith,
Thanks for that information. I wasn't really referring to Pirahna though.
What I'm trying to do is essentially write an LVS/HA HOWTO. Though there is
some documentation available on this subject, I've found that what there is
seems to be a little outdated (like the Pirahna HOWTO stating that it only
supports LVS-NA), and that there is no official LDP HOWTO on the subject.
Additionally, as I see it, there seem to be 3 ways to go right now (not in any
order of preference):
1. Use Pirahna
2. Use UltraMonkey
3. Cobble the pieces together yourself
I'd like to be able to fully understand what's needed for option 3. It is
forseeable that there would be people who want to do things the hard way, and
I'd like to be able to fully document this option.
I see this document containing instructions on all 3 options, and act as a
central repository and single document for LVS-HA.
So, to restate my question, is there anything else that's needed to cobble
together an LVS-HA cluster other than:
- ipvs kernel patch
- mon/fping
- Period.pm
- heartbeat
And do I need anything else, like Fake, or Failoverd and what are the
differences between them.
Also, I guess I'd like to know whether or not you see any merit in this? Do
people feel the need for better LVS-HA documentation, or do you feel what's
out there is sufficient?
Thanks,
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Seeya,
Paul
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I meet lots of interesting people that way."
Niall Kavanagh, 10 April, 2000
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