Am Donnerstag, 6. März 2008 11:46 schrieb Geoffroy ARNOUD: > Hi all, > > I am setting up a simple HA cluster for mysql database (active/passive > with DRBD). > My 2 servers will have a direct network link (bonded) for DRBD > replication and heartbeat communication. > For database access and 2nd heartbeat communication path, network > links will also be redunded, toward 2 different switches. > > My question is: If I set up 2 communications path for heartbeat and > use dopd, do I need to deploy fencing? > > Thank you in advance. > > Geoff.
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