On 29.03.2012 21:05, Brandon Allbery wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 14:59, Jeff Blaine <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>     Perhaps someone can jog my memory :)
> 
>     Remind me why it was the right thing to do when I separated
>     all DB server functionality from fileserver functionality
>     9 years ago?
> 
> 
> That used to be recommended because you might need to be able to move
> fileservers around easily, but dbservers (in particular the lowest
> numbered server) are harder to move around.  SRV records help somewhat
> with the dbserver issue, but you still need to use care with respect to
> that lowest numbered dbserver to avoid losing the sync site.

We do run 3 fs/db servers for 6 years now, changed IPs ones and restart
them once in a while.
I never cared about lowest IP  or sync site, and cell still works fine,
never had problems with syncing DBs at all.
So far: combine them, no problem at all.

> -- 
> brandon s allbery                                    
>  [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> wandering unix systems administrator (available)     (412) 475-9364 vm/sms
> 


MfG,
Lars Schimmer
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