Other than limited throughput, I can’t think of a problem. But limited throughput might cause unforeseen situations.
Mark Schouten > Op 22 nov. 2018 om 19:30 heeft Frank Thommen > <[email protected]> het volgende geschreven: > > Please excuse, if this is too basic, but after reading > https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Cluster_Manager I wondered, if the > cluster/corosync network could be built by directly connected network > interfaces. I.e not like this: > > +-------+ > | pve01 |----------+ > +-------+ | > | > +-------+ +----------------+ > | pve02 |-----| network switch | > +-------+ +----------------+ > | > +-------+ | > | pve03 |----------+ > +-------+ > > > but like this: > > +-------+ > | pve01 |---+ > +-------+ | > | | > +-------+ | > | pve02 | | > +-------+ | > | | > +-------+ | > | pve03 |---+ > +-------+ > > (all connections 1Gbit, there are currently not plans to extend over three > nodes) > > I can't see any drawback in that solution. It would remove one layer of > hardware dependency and potential spof (the switch). If we don't trust the > interfaces, we might be able to configure a second network with the three > remaining interfaces. > > Is such a "direct-connection" topology feasible? Recommended? Strictly not > recommended? > > I am currently just planning and thinking and there is no cluster (or even a > PROXMOX server) in place. > > Cheers > frank > _______________________________________________ > pve-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://pve.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-user _______________________________________________ pve-user mailing list [email protected] https://pve.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-user
