[Linux-cluster] Why virtual ip?

2007-10-31 Thread Pedro Espinoza
Gurus, I have a naive question? Why cluster nodes need to have virtual ip? -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster

Re: [Linux-cluster] Why virtual ip?

2007-10-31 Thread Bryn M. Reeves
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pedro Espinoza wrote: Gurus, I have a naive question? Why cluster nodes need to have virtual ip? So that a service can be relocated transparently without the client's awareness. The IP's are sometimes referred to as floating addresses since they