Ahh.. I don't use DRBD for it.. I use Mysql circular replication on 2 DB
servers. BUT.. DRBD is awesome.. Use it for our 80TB NAS to replicate to 2
other servers. :D I do agree.. If you don't understand DRBD, it can
really mess you up.
On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 10:37 AM, Morris, Andi <amor...@cardiffmet.ac.uk>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I’ve used PF in a clustered environment previously (version 5) and had
> more downtime because of it than I did without. This wasn’t directly an
> issue with PacketFence, but with the way that DRDB ties in with the Linux
> kernel, and how to maintain an up to date kernel whilst running this
> technology.
>
>
>
> Personally I’m hoping that the upcoming version 7 clustering will resolve
> my worries around this, as currently we’re relying on VMWare to help to
> mitigate the single point of failure that is currently our database server.
> It certainly sounds very promising.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andi
>
>
>
> *From:* Tobias Friede [mailto:t.fri...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 13 December 2016 14:41
> *To:* packetfence-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> *Subject:* Re: [PacketFence-users] PacketFence v7 - Will clustering be
> easier?
>
>
>
> 2016-12-12 22:43 GMT+01:00 Tim DeNike <tim.den...@mcc.edu>:
>
> Umm.... As far as clusters go, packetfence is pretty damn easy.... IMHO..
>
>
>
> Mhh, I tried many installations and followed the Cluster Guide.
>
> I always stuck at the point, where the filesystem is created on the
> DRBD-Cluster.
>
> I just get I/O errors after mounting the partition.... Maybe the
> Documentation is not up to date?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Greetings
>
> Tobias
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Tobias Friede <t.fri...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> nice announcement, thanks for your great work !
>
>
>
> From: Ludovic Marcotte <lmarco...@inverse.ca>
> >Database Clustering - PacketFence v7 will make use of MariaDB Galera
> Cluster. Each PacketFence server will hold a copy of the database and any
> >cluster member detaching itself from the clustered environment will still
> work and handle endpoint connections gracefully. It will automatically
> >resynchronize itself to the cluster when network connectivity is restored;
>
>
>
>
> The big question is: will clustering be easier than in packetfence 6.x?
>
>
>
> The complicated cluster integration is one of the biggest disadvantage of
> packetfence, that's why we cluster Packetfence with VMware technologies and
> not with build in features.
>
> But VMware helps only in case of hardware and network issues and not in
> case of software issues, so I would prefer an integrated cluster mechanism.
>
>
>
>
>
> Greetings from Germany
>
> Tobias
>
>
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