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In a message dated: Tue, 09 May 2000 16:15:55 EDT
Keith Barrett said:
>> 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.
>Disadvantages are probably obvious, especially if you must have
>some sort of commercial support in your setup.
I'm not sure what you mean by this? The obvious disadvantages (at least at
this point in time) I see are:
1. Incomplete documentation
2. Lack of a central site to obtain all the pieces from
3. To many pieces that do similar things as a different package,
but not all.
>Some Advantages:
>
>1. Greater flexibility. Creating your own setup when the packaged solutions
> don't fit perfectly. Some people are doing interesting hybrid setups.
>
>2. Utilizing improved components asap when changes come out.
>
>Probably more
>> 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
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>The components listed do not apply to piranha. piranha does not use heartbeat
>or mon (it has it's own).
I understand that. I want to know if these are the only components necessary
for LVS-HA *NOT* using pirahna or UM.
> All Clustering options will need LVS and ipvs.
Oh Right :) Kindof important things to leave out ;)
>Did you visit the HA and LVS web sites? A lot of what you are planning might
>already exist and save you work.
Yes, and some of what exists there is very useful, other things are quite
outdated, and there is much that is missing all together. Additionally, I
have been in contact with Joseph Mack, and he and I are working on figuring
out what needs to be done, and who's going to do it :)
Thanks a lot for your input, I really appreciate it.
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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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