[Linux-HA] Heartbeat versus Novell Cluster Services

2007-04-12 Thread Sander van Vugt
Hi, Just like to know your opinion about the following. A pure Linux shop would of course definitely go for Heartbeat as the solution for high availability. However, in an environment that comes from Novell's NetWare, Novell Cluster Services (NCS) would be the best choice, especially if running

Re: [Linux-HA] Heartbeat versus Novell Cluster Services

2007-04-12 Thread Yan Fitterer
NCS has better integration with EVMS, and has data-network heartbeat. It does not therefore require STONITH. It has had much more testing than HB for large clusters as well. 20+ node clusters are not uncommon. Yan Sander van Vugt wrote: Hi, Just like to know your opinion about the

Re: [Linux-HA] Heartbeat versus Novell Cluster Services

2007-04-12 Thread Yan Fitterer
Oh - and I forgot... UI was _much_ nicer last time I looked. And nowhere near as buggy as the HB GUI. Yan Fitterer wrote: NCS has better integration with EVMS, and has data-network heartbeat. It does not therefore require STONITH. It has had much more testing than HB for large clusters as

Re: [Linux-HA] Heartbeat versus Novell Cluster Services

2007-04-12 Thread Alan Robertson
Sander van Vugt wrote: Hi, Just like to know your opinion about the following. A pure Linux shop would of course definitely go for Heartbeat as the solution for high availability. However, in an environment that comes from Novell's NetWare, Novell Cluster Services (NCS) would be the best