Re: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but...

2007-08-22 Thread Randy Brown
We have ISCSI based storage and are using GFS during a demo period, but I don't think we can afford it after the demo period is over. The fencing is another issue for us. I need to learn more about that. I'm not sure I'm fully grasping all I need to there. I'm still trying to get nfs file s

Re: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but...

2007-08-22 Thread Lon Hohberger
On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 11:37:11AM -0400, Lon Hohberger wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 04:39:05PM -0400, Randy Brown wrote: > > Right. That's the way I understood it to be. Using ext3 would require > > us to have to umount and remount the file systems to the each host after > > the failure, t

Re: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but...

2007-08-22 Thread Lon Hohberger
On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 04:39:05PM -0400, Randy Brown wrote: > Right. That's the way I understood it to be. Using ext3 would require > us to have to umount and remount the file systems to the each host after > the failure, though, correct? In other words, would require > administrator interac

Re: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but... - RHEL 5 Advanced Platform DOES include Clustering & GFS...

2007-08-21 Thread Jos Vos
On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 10:39:28AM -0400, Rob Kenna wrote: > Referring to http://www.redhat.com/rhel/server/advanced/, RHEL 5 > Advanced Platform does indeed include GFS and RHCS (Cluster Suite.) This > is exclusive to RHEL 5, so you can not buy an RHEL 5 Advanced Platform > subscription and ru

RE: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but... - RHEL5 Advanced Platform DOES include Clustering & GFS...

2007-08-21 Thread Jeremy Carroll
D] On Behalf Of Rob Kenna Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 9:39 AM To: linux clustering Subject: Re: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but... - RHEL5 Advanced Platform DOES include Clustering & GFS... Hi Folks - Referring to http://www.redhat.com/rhel/server/advanced/, RHEL 5 Adv

Re: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but... - RHEL 5 Advanced Platform DOES include Clustering & GFS...

2007-08-21 Thread Rob Kenna
-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but... On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 04:12:55PM -0500, Kevin Anderson wrote: The cluster and gfs components are actually part of the RHEL5 Advanced Platform product grouping, so if you purchase a subscription to that, you get the cluster components, gf

Re: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but...

2007-08-20 Thread José Miguel Parrella Romero
Randy Brown wrote: > in order to configure a two-node high availability NFS failover cluster, > I need to use GFS, correct? No. Both options accomplish the same objective: sharing an storage space and providing seamless services to your users. I'll try and explain my experience with GFS vs. NFS, a

RE: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but...

2007-08-20 Thread Jeremy Carroll
Yes. In the US RHEL 5 AP Includes GFS / Cluster. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jos Vos Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 4:18 PM To: linux clustering Subject: Re: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but... On Mon, Aug 20,

Re: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but...

2007-08-20 Thread Jos Vos
On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 04:12:55PM -0500, Kevin Anderson wrote: > The cluster and gfs components are actually part of the RHEL5 Advanced > Platform product grouping, so if you purchase a subscription to that, > you get the cluster components, gfs and virtualization. Does that actually work that w

RE: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but...

2007-08-20 Thread Kevin Anderson
On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 16:54 -0400, Michael Patrimonio wrote: > Randy, > > I don't know what to say about the information you're getting, but I just > logged in to a Red Hat Network account to verify. The Cluster Suite offering > was repackaged with RHEL5, and it now has three major components (

Re: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but...

2007-08-20 Thread Jos Vos
On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 05:02:31PM -0400, Randy Brown wrote: > h.. OK. So it looks like we can do what we want to do with or > without GFS, and it looks like I was also misinformed about the > cost/availability. Interesting. I guess I know what I'll be doing over > the next couple of day

Re: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but...

2007-08-20 Thread Randy Brown
m between nodes. = From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Randy Brown Sent: Mon 8/20/2007 16:39 To: linux clustering Subject: Re: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but... Right. That's the way I understood it to be. Using ext3 would require us to have to umount and remount the

Re: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but...

2007-08-20 Thread Jos Vos
On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 04:54:38PM -0400, Michael Patrimonio wrote: > I don't know what to say about the information you're getting, but I > just logged in to a Red Hat Network account to verify. The Cluster Suite > offering was repackaged with RHEL5, and it now has three major components > (on Di

RE: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but...

2007-08-20 Thread Michael Patrimonio
clustering Subject: Re: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but... Right. That's the way I understood it to be. Using ext3 would require us to have to umount and remount the file systems to the each host after the failure, though, correct? In other words, would require adm

RE: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but...

2007-08-20 Thread Michael Patrimonio
er Storage (which includes GFS and lvm2-cluster) and Virtualization. Regards, Michael = From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Randy Brown Sent: Mon 8/20/2007 16:25 To: linux clustering Subject: Re: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but...

Re: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but...

2007-08-20 Thread Jos Vos
On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 04:39:05PM -0400, Randy Brown wrote: > Right. That's the way I understood it to be. Using ext3 would require > us to have to umount and remount the file systems to the each host after > the failure, though, correct? In other words, would require > administrator intera

Re: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but...

2007-08-20 Thread Randy Brown
Right. That's the way I understood it to be. Using ext3 would require us to have to umount and remount the file systems to the each host after the failure, though, correct? In other words, would require administrator interaction. GFS would do this automatically without impacting the users.

Re: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but...

2007-08-20 Thread Randy Brown
s was dropped with RHEL4 Update 4 and not restored with Update 5. This would have made this build of this configuration so much easier. Oh well. = From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Randy Brown Sent: Mon 8/20/2007 15:26 To: linux clustering Subject: [Linux-clus

Re: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but...

2007-08-20 Thread Lon Hohberger
On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 03:26:08PM -0400, Randy Brown wrote: > in order to configure a two-node high availability NFS failover cluster, > I need to use GFS, correct? You can use EXT3; you just can only mount the file system on one node at a time. With GFS, you can export the same file system fr

RE: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but...

2007-08-20 Thread Michael Patrimonio
ild of this configuration so much easier. Oh well. = From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Randy Brown Sent: Mon 8/20/2007 15:26 To: linux clustering Subject: [Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but... in order to configure a two-node hi

[Linux-cluster] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but...

2007-08-20 Thread Randy Brown
in order to configure a two-node high availability NFS failover cluster, I need to use GFS, correct? I am wanting to configure two machines in a cluster and use them as a NAS head for an ISCSI based storage unit providing NFS file systems to the machines on our network. I'd like to have the