Re: [PVE-User] One cluster at two sites with an even number of nodes

2017-01-30 Thread Dmitry Petuhov
30.01.2017 20:48, Marco M. Gabriel wrote: > is there kind of a best practice how to deploy a cluster with an even > number of nodes at two different sites? > > In case of a split between the datacenters, none of both sites would have a > quorum and HA would not work. I could fiddle with the number

Re: [PVE-User] One cluster at two sites with an even number of nodes

2017-01-30 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Mon, 30 Jan 2017 17:48:48 + "Marco M. Gabriel" wrote: > > Any other hints maybe? Or is this a no go? > It is possible but the costs is high. 300,000-400,000 € hardware at each datacenter (Virtual cluster, infrastructure, and SAN). Our computer facilities supports 30,000 users. At work w

Re: [PVE-User] One cluster at two sites with an even number of nodes

2017-01-30 Thread Kevin Lemonnier
> > In case of a split between the datacenters, none of both sites would have a > quorum and HA would not work. I could fiddle with the number of votes on > one site, but then HA would only work on one site if there is a connection > loss. > Yeah, you can't do it. That's just a recipe for disast

Re: [PVE-User] One cluster at two sites with an even number of nodes

2017-01-30 Thread Dietmar Maurer
> In case of a split between the datacenters, none of both sites would have a > quorum and HA would not work. I could fiddle with the number of votes on > one site, but then HA would only work on one site if there is a connection > loss. I would not use such setup because of above problem. Instead

[PVE-User] One cluster at two sites with an even number of nodes

2017-01-30 Thread Marco M. Gabriel
Hello, is there kind of a best practice how to deploy a cluster with an even number of nodes at two different sites? In case of a split between the datacenters, none of both sites would have a quorum and HA would not work. I could fiddle with the number of votes on one site, but then HA would onl