I thank you for your response... On reading your response I get that the cluster suite can be used independant of the File-system and is not tied to any particular file system. So I should be able to share the local disk space of a node using NFS/CIFS to other nodes with all nodes under RHCS, right? Also in such a scenario ,a lock manager will not be needed isnt it ? - Shailesh On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 09:11 -0500, Robert Peterson wrote: > Shailesh wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > I am looking for a storage solution where there is NO > > common storage area like a SAN. But just a bunch of PC clustered togther > > with their internal disk space used collectively as a storage area. > > > > Can you suggest me any information that talks about such an > > architecture ? > > > > Can I use the redhat clustering suite with these bunch of PC > > connected on a ethernet network ? > > > > Do I have to use GFS , if RHCS is employed ? > > > > I'll appreciate your answer to the above. > > > > Thanks & Regards > > Shailesh P S > > Hi Shailesh, > > If your storage is not shared, what exactly do you mean by "used > collectively"? > > You can use the cluster suite to cluster a bunch of PCs together > so they cooperate, provide High Availability services (through > rgmanager) and so forth, regardless of whether you use GFS. > > If your storage isn't shared between the systems, you don't > need GFS. > > Regards, > > Bob Peterson > Red Hat Cluster Suite > > -- > Linux-cluster mailing list > Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster > > -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
