On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 7:02 AM, Michael McGlothlin <michaelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm setting up two servers to share the load of running several virtual > machines (currently running ESXi) that are currently running on just one > server (which will later be upgraded and added back to the cluster). I am > trying to decide what is an affordable way to provide a shared file system > so that in case of a server going down another can pick up where it left > off. I want data to be mirrored live if possible and for data access to be > fast and reliable. Is Global FS a good fit for this use? From looking at the > docs it appears I could set up a local virtual sever on each machine and > have it keep a local copy that keeps itself in sync with the other servers > using the filesystem. Then all other VMs could access their local server via > iSCSI or NFS. > > Or is this all completely the wrong way to go and there is a better way to > meet my goals? My budget is really tight so I can't spend tens of thousands > of dollars on equipment or software. > I will be watching this thread with great interest as I am in a similar situation. Right now, my plan is to share the disks on the two servers using DRBD providing a RAID-1 and then share the DRBD volume using GFS. As per my little understanding, you will have to use CLVM to make sure you don't run into other issues. I have yet to test this configuration though. Regards -- Zaeem -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
