Hello Eric,

On 12/03/2011 02:36 PM, Robinson, Eric wrote:
> I have a geographically dispersed ("stretch") cluster, where one node is
> in data center A and the other node is in data center B. I have done
> everything possible to ensure link redundancy between the cluster nodes.
> Each node has 4 x gigabit links connected to 4 different sets of
> switches and routers that connect the two data centers. The data centers
> are connected over two dual counter-rotating SONET rings. 
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> That said, the possibility remains that the links between the two data
> centers could be severed, leading to cluster partition. Is there a way
> to provide another quorum vote or something equivalent from a third
> location out on the Internet without having a full cluster node out
> there? Florian mentioned earlier that a full cluster node would probably
> not work well because of the bandwidth and latencies involved. What I
> really want is some kind of lightweight arbiter or quorum daemon at the
> third location. I've looked around but have not seen anything like that.
> Does anyone have any ideas? I've thought of trying to roll my own using
> ssh and shell scripts. 

the concept of an arbitrator for split-site cluster is already
implemented and should be available with Pacemaker 1.1.6 though it seem
to be "not directly documented" ... beside source code and this draft
document:

http://doc.opensuse.org/products/draft/SLE-HA/SLE-ha-guide_sd_draft/cha.ha.geo.html

I think this is exactly what you are looking for.

Regards,
Andreas

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