Iirc you need to have multiples of three severs for hyperconverged. You
could have a 4 server cluster but only three of them would be participating
in storage and one would be compute only.  Someone correct me if I’m wrong.

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 6:41 AM <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hey folks!
>
> Quick question, really: I have 4 servers of identical hardware. The
> documentation says "you need 3", not "you need 3 or more"; is it possible
> to run hyperconverged with 4 servers (in same rack, let's neglect the
> possibility of 2 failing servers (split brain))?
>
> Also: I have a nice seperate server (low power footprint, big on cpu (8)
> and has 32gb ram)-- would love to use this as engine server only. Can I
> initiate a hyperconverged system with 4 working host starting from a
> stand-alone engine? Or does "hyperconverged" a must for HA engine on the
> cluster?
>
> One last one: Installing ovirt nodes, obviously. This will by default
> create a lvm across the entire RAID volume; can I simply create folders
> (with correct permissions) and use those as gluster bricks? Or do I need to
> partition the RAID in a special way?
>
> Thanks for your pointers,
> Chris.
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