You are absolutely right about the role of STONITH in all this. But: this
doesn't change the fact that my services are stopped if the number of nodes
that remains is below the quorum that is designed. I would really like to
see that even if just one node remains, my services keep running anyway. 

Sander


> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:linux-ha-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Yan Fitterer
> Verzonden: woensdag 27 juni 2007 14:43
> Aan: General Linux-HA mailing list
> Onderwerp: Re: [Linux-HA] Quorum behavior
> 
> STONITH.
> 
> Second node fails: 3rd node takes over resources, but only after
> verified power off (or restart) of 2nd node.
> 
> Actually - same thing for 1st node.
> 
> Challenge: Ensure that you don't lost network AND stonith at the same
> time.
> 
> Yan
> 
> Sander van Vugt wrote:
> > Hi list,
> >
> >
> >
> > Trying to think out a decent solution here, I run across the following.
> I
> > want to build a three node cluster where some services are running. Now
> the
> > following situation arises: I bring down one node for maintenance.
> Shortly
> > after that a second node fails. This causes the cluster to loose quorum.
> The
> > result? Just to be sure, the default "no_quorum_policy stop"  causes the
> > cluster to stop all resources completely! Second attempt: I switch the
> > no_quorum policy to "ignore". The resource keeps on running, so I am
> happy.
> > However, in that situation, if the nodes that fails just has a network
> > failure and can therefore no longer see the rest of the cluster, a
> perfect
> > split brain arises on which the failing node as well as the remaining
> node
> > both start offering the services. Rather uncool if these involve shared
> file
> > systems that are not cluster safe :-). Third scenario: I set no_quorum
> > policy to " freeze". At least, the services continue running on the
> > remaining node, but services that were somewhere else, don't fail over
> > automatically, so: still no high availability.
> >
> >
> >
> > So my question: I want my services to continue running, even if a number
> of
> > nodes remain that is less than the quorum. Is there any way this can be
> > organized?
> >
> >
> >
> > (Version used: 2.08 on SLES 10 sp1)
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Sander
> >
> >
> >
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