Hi people:

I'm new in HA Clustering world. I started googling about HA clusters
and I met heartbeat with 1.x configuration examples (using
haresources).
I made some tests and worked OK, then googling again and reading posts
in this mailing list I read that 1.x configuration is deprecated so I
should use 2.x configuration that includes CRM based on cib.xml config
file.

Well I googled again and I found that heartbeat 2.1.4 was that lastest
version that included the CRM because that code is developed now by
the Pacemaker project.

OK, I googled again and started to make some test based on the
"Pacemaker configuration explained (February 2009 edition)" found at
clusterlabs.org and I'm having some troubles when adding some
resources (I will post asking for help about this later)...

While googling (again) for solutions I read that SLES 11 it was
recently released with HAE product. HAE now includes OpenAIS in
replacement of Heartbeat.
I googled again and found this:

https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/openais/2007-December/009506.html

I'm not an expert in clustering so I'm a little confused.I know that
Pacemaker develops the core of the Cluster: The CRM ¿right?, but I
read that pacemaker includes support for Heartbeat and OpenAIS
(they're choices right?).
So my questions are:

- What's exactly OpenAIS? I don't understand the information found in
its website
- How is OpenAIS related to Heartbeat and Pacemaker?
- OpenAIS is a total replacement for Heartbeat? If yes, which of those
is better or has a better future?
- If the previous if yes... so Will we need to abandon heartbeat
knowledge and learn OpenAIS? Will we need to move from this mailing
list to OpenAIS mailing list? :P

I hope someone can give me some basic explanation about these 3
components because I'm confused and a little worried about the Novell
decision to drop hearbeat for using OpenAIS.
So I would like to be sure to start learning (and googling again) a HA
Cluster solution that will the better and best maintained.


Thanks ha users, and sorry if my english sucks


P.D.: Red Hat doesn't include Heartbeat in its software media, but
OpenAIS does? I read something like that in an article
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