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Thanks.
But I also need the load-balancing LVS provides... There's no package that
provides something like LVS + HA ?
On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Paul Baker wrote:
> Ricardo Kleemann wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > Does LVS support a primary/backup type of scenario? Aside from load
> > balancing, I would like to be able to have a setup where I can have a
> > primary database server and one or more hot backup servers.
> >
> > So if the primary goes down, LVS then not only redirects to the backup,
> > but also starts up the database service as part of "bringing it up".
> >
> > The main reason is because it's very difficult to get useful replication
> > out of something like mysql, so instead I thought of having a primary with
> > one or more hot backups, and the data shared over NFS. The hot backups
> > typically would not even be running the daemon, that way there's no
> > problems with the shared data. But if the primary goes down, then the
> > backup can take over, starting up the daemon.
> >
> > Anyways, can LVS be setup to do that rather than load-balancing? And also,
> > can it run a script when it brings up the secondary?
> >
>
> You would be MUCH better off using heartbeat provided at
> http://www.linux-ha.org/. It provides all of those things you requested.
> And you won't even need to use a modified kernel or extra machines
> besides your primary and backup database servers.
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