Gerald Brandt wrote: > On 12-12-26 10:24 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: >> >> The thing is, I'm trying to add 2 nodes to the cluster, and DRBD >> doesn't scale. Also, as a function of rackspace limits, and the >> hardware at hand, I can't separate storage nodes from compute nodes - >> instead, I have to live with 4 nodes, each with 4 large drives (but >> also w/ 4 gigE ports per server). >> > > I have a XenServer pool (3 servers) talking to an GlusterFS replicate > server over NFS with uCARP for IP failover. If I read this properly, you have 3 compute servers, and a separate box with all your nodes - which is quite different from my setup (4 nodes, all will be both compute and storage). Or am I reading this wrong? Thanks though. Miles Fidelman -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra