Re: [Xen-users] cluster filesystems

[Mark Petersen <mtp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:25 PM 4/10/2006, you wrote:

> OCFS2 is "just" a filesystem, it doesn't seem to be a way of 
> distributing blockdevices via ethernet like NFS does.
> So what is the point in using OCFS2 in conjunction with Xen without 
> a SAN or iSCSI or multipath infrastructure?
> If I understood Brock correctly he is looking for a robust and 
> probably high-performance (and cheap) alternative to NFS (I am too...).
Have you considered drbd with gnbd?  I've had lots of luck using gnbd 
with and without drbd, but I'm still working on making sure the 
secondary drbd becomes primary before gnbd starts running on the 
back-up server, in the case of a primary failure.
Have you considered iSCSI Target Enterprise with or without 
drbd?  While I only recently learned of ITE, this seems like a viable 
option as well. 

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