I'm really sorry everyone, I'm sending the message below again afresh, to get it out of the thread I originally crafted my message from. (Note to self: don't start a new thread by replying to a message within an old one. Head slap)
On Nov 20, 2009, at 12:42 PM, Jonathan Loran wrote: > > Hi Hung-Sheng, > > In discussing my problem with various engineers, this mistake keeps coming > up. We plan on running the Sunray server software in the global zones of > each cluster member, in a non-clustered configuration. We only want to > cluster the Solaris 10 branded zones/containers, not the Sunray server > software. Sorry if I hadn't explained that clearly. > > Thanks, > > Jon > > On Nov 19, 2009, at 3:55 PM, Dr. Hung-Sheng Tsao wrote: > >> >> >> Jonathan Loran wrote: >>> >>> Hi List, >>> >>> I am seeking advice as to the feasibility of a project I'm working on: >>> >>> Background: My sysadmin group supports a satellite missions ops center >>> that relies on software which only works on Solaris SPARC systems. The ops >>> center currently has 22 Sunblade 1500's, one for each satellite used for >>> data acquisition and commanding. The overall system is networked such that >>> we have central name service, and storage, yet the actual workstations are >>> used to control missions and acquire data. My plan is to replace each of >>> these workstations with Solaris 10 branded containers, running on two >>> T5120's setup in an HA configuration. Each container would use a Sunray as >>> it's head for the satellite operators. There are many advantages to this >>> setup, but it is critical that the containers reside in an HA environment. >> sunray server support multi server env no other ha servers is required >> >>> >>> What I would love to do is use Open HA to build the cluster, using the >>> hardware minimized setup, so we don't need separate quorum hardware. We >>> have limited funds. We already own the T5120's and some Sunrays, but don't >>> have the cash for expensive shared storage and controllers. As it stands >>> right now, we can't really build out a test environment, because the >>> Solaris 10 branded zones don't work on snv_111b, and as I understand it, >>> the current Open HA release won't work on the newer builds. So my hope is >>> that there will be an Open HA release coincident with Opensolaris 2010.02. >>> I also hope there will be a Solaris 10 branded zone that is compatible in >>> 2010.02. Is this a reasonable expectation? >>> >>> Of course, there are other problems with this setup: >>> >>> System recovery scenarios: Since there's no boot CD for SPARC, recovering >>> a system could be tricky. We will need a boot server within our operations >>> center to recover these systems of they completely die. OTOH, hopefully >>> there will be a SPARC boot CD for 2010.02. >>> >>> System updates: These will need to be applied with extreme care, since we >>> don't want to break the cluster. Unlike the current setup, all of our eggs >>> will be in one basket on the Sunray/zone servers. >>> >>> What am I not thinking about? >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any thoughts/recommendations on this. >>> >>> Jon >>> >>> >>> - _____/ _____/ / - Jonathan Loran - - >>> - / / / IT Manager - >>> - _____ / _____ / / Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley >>> - / / / (510) 643-5146 jloran at ssl.berkeley.edu >>> <mailto:jloran at ssl.berkeley.edu> >>> - ______/ ______/ ______/ AST:7731^29u18e3 >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ha-clusters-discuss mailing list >>> ha-clusters-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ha-clusters-discuss >>> >> <hung-sheng_tsao.vcf> >
