On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:56:47PM -0700, Steven Dake wrote: > On Sat, 2009-04-18 at 07:49 +0200, Dietmar Maurer wrote: > > > > like a 'merge' function? Seems the algorithm for checkpoint recovery > > > > always uses the state from the node with the lowest processor id? > > > > > > > Yes that is right. > > > > So if I have the following cluster: > > > > Part1: node2 node3 node4 > > Part2: node1 > > > > Let assume Part1 is running for some time and has gathered some state in > > checkpoints. Part2 is just the newly started node1. > > > > So when node1 starts up the whole cluster uses the empty checkpoint from > > node1? (I guess I am confused somehow). > > The checkpoint service will merge checkpoints from both partitions into > one view because both node 1 and node2 send out their checkpoint state > on a merge operation.
That doesn't make any sense, I can't believe that's how it works, the resulting content would be complete nonsense. Dave _______________________________________________ Openais mailing list Openais@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/openais
