On Jan 28, 2008 9:45 AM, <gordan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > In an active-standby NFS cluster scenario, is GFS still required as > > the format for the data drives? I would be using a 2 node cluster so > > I would need a quorum disk too. Since only 1 node will have access at > > any one time, could I get away with ext3 (or whatever) formatted > > volumes? > > As long as you can absolutely guarantee that no more than 1 node will > mount the volume, yes, you can use ext3. > > > Along the same note, I am going to ask an obvious question and answer > > it myself. :) In an active-active, this would definitely need to be > > GFS formatted, correct? > > Yes. > > > Gordan > Only in very strange situations (bug) would 2 nodes want to read/write to the same file. That being said, the cluster service would also prevent this too, correct? -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
