Yeah sorry, forgot to mention that. Running heartbeat 2.0.8 with R2
configurations 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
> Alan Robertson
> Sent: May 3, 2007 10:52 PM
> To: General Linux-HA mailing list
> Subject: Re: [Linux-HA] Stonith in 2 node setup
> 
> Benjamin Lawetz wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> >     I've been running some tests on my heartbeat setup with STONITH.
> > When I go live, there will a serial connection, a crossover 
> ethernet 
> > and the main ethernet for heartbeat. For the purpose of my 
> tests, I've 
> > changed the config just to broadcast the heartbeat on the 
> crossover cable.
> >     Let's say I have node1 running resource1 and node2 
> running resource2 
> > with node2 being the DC. When I shutdown the interface:
> > 
> >     - Node1 notices the break, complains and doesn't do much else
> >     - Node2 notices the break, complains and STONITHs Node1
> > 
> > I'm thinking in reality it this would be ok if Node1 
> freezes and stops 
> > responding. But what if it's Node2 that stops responding? 
> Node1 will 
> > not pickup resources and the service will stop.
> > 
> > I know a quorum server would allow a 3rd opinion in the 
> decision, but 
> > I feel this is added complexity (in 2-3 years the only 
> failures I've 
> > had on these services was because of the redundancy protection. The 
> > services have been going strong).
> > 
> > Is it possible to have both machines in that case try to reboot ?
> > If it fails,I'm guessing it won't be because of a link failure (3 
> > links) and if it is a link failure the machine won't be able to 
> > communicate with the STONITH. If the machine freezes or others, I'm 
> > guessing the other node will be quicker to reboot it.
> > 
> > What are your thoughts ?
> 
> 
> STONITH is handled somewhat differently between R1 and 
> R2-style clusters.  Which are you running?
> 
> 
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