Check this (https://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-cluster/2009-October/msg00037.html) out, my comments. No underlying GFS or other clustered FS This is a test cluster but works fine. The only missing thing, in comparison to an ESX/HyperV thing is the management GUI (VCENTER or SCVMM), forcing you to command line pilot your VM's. Virt-manager or any libvirt tool (convirture, ovirt...) not being RH cluster aware, and I got allergic to conga ..... ;-) 2009/10/12, Rajagopal Swaminathan <raju.rajsand@xxxxxxxxx>: > Greetings, > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Mike Cardwell > <linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Ray Van Dolson wrote: > > > >>>> Another option, at least with VMware, would be to create a shared disk > >>>> that can be seen by all your VM's. > >>>> > >>>> A bit simpler than setting up iSCSI, though that would be a good thing > >>>> to learn in it of itself... > >>> > >>> ... or to just do the same with KVM or Xen, which doesn't require > >>> spending money on VMWare and is part of RHEL... > >> > >> Of course. And ESXi is free as well -- use whichever virtualization > >> tech you prefer.. > > > > As well as ESXi, VMWare server is also completely free. > > > > > Watch out for VMFS .... > > Would prefer GFS though and on a shared storage of course... > > Incidentally, has anybody worked on a _live_ cluster controlled KVM > image (_not_ xen -- there is a how to for that in redhat magazine) > which automagically shifts as any cluster controlled resource would do > -- like VIP, apace et. al.??? > > Regards, > > -- > 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
