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 -- ------------------------------------------------------------- TU Graz, Institut für ComputerGraphik & WissensVisualisierung Tel: +43 316 873-5405 E-Mail: [email protected] Fax: +43 316 873-5402 PGP-Key-ID: 0x4A9B1723 _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
