On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Igor Chudov <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Serge Dubrouski <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Igor Chudov <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Serge Dubrouski <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Taking into account "simple" the answer is no. You can try RedHat >>>> Cluster Suite on CentOS, but that's not simple. >>>> >>>> What's wrong with DRBD/Pacemaker/Corosync ? >>> >>> DRBD/Pacemaker was complicated, documentation did not exist or did not >>> match the behavior, the GUI was broken and never really worked. Config >>> files were completely opaque. I spent weeks on this without having >>> something that could work and was documentable. >>> >>> Then I got the DRBD/heartbeat to work without Pacemaker, however, its >>> reliability leaves much to be desired. For example, if both systems >>> come up at the same time, they cannot decide who gets the resource. I >>> did a hack to fix that (restarting heartbeat after boot of one of the >>> systems) but that did not leave me with a warm and comfortable >>> feeling. >>> >>> Then once in a while DRBD would stop syncing. >>> >>> I need to replace our old, aging corporate DRBD/Heartbeat network >>> storage implementation, which always worked, but the servers are now >>> getting old. I am feeling very uncomfortable about using what I have >>> for replacement. >> >> If DRBD/Heartbeat always worked for you and you feel comfortable with >> it then why not just replace aged hardware? Though your answer is a >> bit confusing: on one hand you say that Heartbeat/DRBD always worked >> for you on other hand you say that sometimes DRBD stop syncing. > > What worked was the old Heartbeat on an old Debian install. > > What is not working so well is the new Heartbeat on Ubuntu Lucid. > >> May be your company should just spend more money and buy something >> like NetApp appliance? In this case you'd get a reliable device that's >> relatively easy to manage plus commercial support for it. They have >> clustered solutions as well. > > I am open to this personally. Does this NetAppliance have > clustering/failover capabilities?
Yes it does. See http://www.netapp.com/us/solutions/infrastructure/data-protection/ There is also HP with the new StorageWorks P4000 servers. Usually those products can act as NFS, CIFS servers and act as a NAS. > > > Igor > >> >>> >>> i >>> >>> >>>> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Igor Chudov <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> I am interested in finding out Open Source alternative that would >>>>> replace both DRBD as well as Heartbeat. I am definitely NOT looking >>>>> for pacemaker either. >>>>> >>>>> I am looking for something simple, just file serving ability and >>>>> switching NFS and samba would be all I need. >>>>> >>>>> igor >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Serge Dubrouski <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> The question is too broad. Are you interested in Open Source or >>>>>> proprietary product? What do you want to achieve? >>>>>> >>>>>> One of the answers could be AoE (ATA over Ethernet) + OCFS2. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Igor Chudov <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> I would like to know if there are relatively straightforward Linux >>>>>>> based alternatives to DRBD and heartbeat. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any pointers and suggestions will be gratefully accepted. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks >>>>>>> >>>>>>> i >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Linux-HA mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha >>>>>>> See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Serge Dubrouski. >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Linux-HA mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha >>>>>> See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Linux-HA mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha >>>>> See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Serge Dubrouski. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Linux-HA mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha >>>> See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Linux-HA mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha >>> See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Serge Dubrouski. >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-HA mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha >> See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems >> > _______________________________________________ > Linux-HA mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha > See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems > -- Serge Dubrouski. _______________________________________________ Linux-HA mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems
