Hi Ronny

That's the first time I hear of a routing protocol in the corosync context.
Doesn't that add a whole lot of complexity in the setup?
Would it work with corosync multicast?

Stefan

> On Nov 23, 2018, at 12:00 PM, Ronny Aasen <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Personally if i was to try and experiment with something non-default I would 
> try to use ospf+bfd either with bird or quagga.
> 
> -you get quick failovers due to bfd.
> -you can equal cost multipath links to utillize multiple ports between 
> servers.
> -All links are active, so you do not have a "passive" link, as you have with 
> STP
> -and there is no needless duplication of data, so you do not get the 50% 
> bandwith loss of a broadcast bond.
> -you need to use corosync with targeted udp towards spesific loopback 
> addresses.
> -traffic goes shortest path. so allways towards the correct server.
> - you can very easily expand beyond 3 nodes if you have enough ports. Or move 
> the ospf domain onto a switch if needed. this also easily converts to a 
> multiple switch config to maintain HA and no SPOF
> 
> Happy experimentation!
> 
> mvh
> Ronny Aasen
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/22/18 7:29 PM, Frank Thommen wrote:
>> 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
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