Re: [Linux-cluster] Linux clustering for high availability databases and other services

2012-10-14 Thread Masopust, Christian
Hi Andrew, maybe I understand you completely wrong, but... Do you know "Galera Cluster" ? If you are on MySQL maybe you can give it a try? br, christian > Am 13.10.2012 12:40, schrieb Andrew Holway: > > Hello, > > > > We have been experimenting with various storage > technologies in order t

Re: [Linux-cluster] Linux clustering for high availability databases and other services

2012-10-14 Thread Andrew Holway
> > Do you mean active/active Oracle RAC type? We are using a lot Mysql in house. Perhaps high availability is the wrong phrase. More Available perhaps? > > -- > Regards, > > Rajagopal > > -- > Linux-cluster mailing list > Linux-cluster@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Linux-cluster] Linux clustering for high availability databases and other services

2012-10-14 Thread Andrew Holway
> > Do you mean active/active Oracle RAC type? No, Perhaps active / passive mysql type. > > -- > Regards, > > Rajagopal > > -- > Linux-cluster mailing list > Linux-cluster@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@red

Re: [Linux-cluster] Linux clustering for high availability databases and other services

2012-10-14 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
Greetings, On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Heiko Nardmann wrote: > > RedHat provides support for setting up such scenarios. I recommend > buying RHEL and contacting them. ++1 Please note that active/active file sharing is *very* different from active/active DB server. AFAIK, only Oracle RAC

Re: [Linux-cluster] Linux clustering for high availability databases and other services

2012-10-14 Thread Heiko Nardmann
Hi, RedHat provides support for setting up such scenarios. I recommend buying RHEL and contacting them. Kind regards, Heiko Am 13.10.2012 12:40, schrieb Andrew Holway: > Hello, > > We have been experimenting with various storage technologies in order to > create moderately highly availab

Re: [Linux-cluster] Linux clustering for high availability databases and other services

2012-10-13 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
Greetings, On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Andrew Holway wrote: > Hello, > > We have been experimenting with various storage technologies in order to > create moderately highly available database services. > > Can I have some guidance on possible setups for HA database services? I have > teste

[Linux-cluster] Linux clustering for high availability databases and other services

2012-10-13 Thread Andrew Holway
Hello, We have been experimenting with various storage technologies in order to create moderately highly available database services. I have the following equipment in my lab: 4x HP G8 servers with * Mellanox QDR InfiniBand * 10GE adapters * Lots of memory and the latest, most powerful CPUS.