[Ocfs2-users] Cluster setup

Sunil Mushran Sunil.Mushran at oracle.com
Tue Oct 9 11:52:58 PDT 2007


That won't handle the nfs server death case. What he wants
is for the client to transparently mount the volume from another
nfs server.

AJ Weber wrote:
> Is it possible to augment with something straightforward and simple 
> like Pen or Balance?
>  
> (I forget if those are HTTP-specific.)
>  
> Also, if you want to do rudimentary load balancing (maybe a half-step 
> better than the manually load balanced config, below), you can add all 
> three servers' IP Addresses to the DNS under one name, and the DNS 
> server(s) _should_ randomly choose an entry to return.  That might 
> work, since NFS is session-based (AFAIK), and should stay with the 
> same server after session initiation.
>  
> My $0.02, please adjust for inflation. ;)
>  
> -AJ
>  
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Brian Anderson <mailto:banderson at athenahealth.com>
>     *To:* ocfs2-users at oss.oracle.com <mailto:ocfs2-users at oss.oracle.com>
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, October 09, 2007 2:35 PM
>     *Subject:* RE: [Ocfs2-users] Cluster setup
>
>
>     Not exactly. I'm in a similar boat right now. I have 3 NFS servers all
>     mounting an OCFS2 volume. Each NFS server has its own IP, and the
>     clients load balance manually... some mount fs1, others fs2, and the
>     rest fs3. In an ideal world, I'd have the NFS cluster presenting a
>     single IP, and failing over / load balancing some other way.
>
>     I'm looking at NFS v4 as one potential avenue (no single IP, but
>     it does
>     let you fail over from 1 server to the next in line), and commercial
>     products such as IBRIX.
>
>
>
>
>     Brian
>
>     > -----Original Message-----
>     > From: ocfs2-users-bounces at oss.oracle.com
>     <mailto:ocfs2-users-bounces at oss.oracle.com>
>     > [mailto:ocfs2-users-bounces at oss.oracle.com] On Behalf Of Sunil
>     Mushran
>     > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 2:27 PM
>     > To: Luis Freitas
>     > Cc: ocfs2-users at oss.oracle.com <mailto:ocfs2-users at oss.oracle.com>
>     > Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-users] Cluster setup
>     >
>     > Unsure what you mean.  If the two servers mount the same
>     > ocfs2 volume and export them via nfs, isn't that clustered nfs?
>     >
>     > Luis Freitas wrote:
>     > >
>     > > Is there any cluster NFS solution out there? (Two NFS
>     > servers sharing
>     > > the same filesystem with distributed locking and failover
>     > capability)
>     > >
>     > > Regards,
>     > > Luis
>     > >
>     > > */Sunil Mushran <Sunil.Mushran at oracle.com>/
>     <mailto:Sunil.Mushran at oracle.com%3E/>* wrote:
>     > >
>     > >     Appears what you are looking for is a mix of ocfs2 and nfs.
>     > >     The storage servers mount the shared disks and the reexport
>     > >     them via nfs to the remaining servers.
>     > >
>     > >     ubuntu 6.06 is too old. If you are stuck on Ubuntu LTS, the
>     > >     next version 7.10 should have all you want.
>     > >
>     > >     Pavel Georgiev wrote:
>     > >     > Hi List,
>     > >     >
>     > >     > I`m trying to build a cluster storage with commodity
>     > hardware in
>     > >     a way that
>     > >     > the all the data would be on > 1 server. It should
>     > have the meet
>     > >     the
>     > >     > following requirements:
>     > >     > 1) If one of the servers goes down, the cluster
>     > should continue
>     > >     to work with
>     > >     > rw access from all clients.
>     > >     > 2) Clients that mount the storage should not be part
>     > of cluster
>     > >     (not export
>     > >     > any disk storage) - I have few servers with huge disks
>     that I
>     > >     want to store
>     > >     > data on (currently 2 servers, maybe more in the future)
>     and I
>     > >     want to
>     > >     > storethe data only on them, the rest of the server
>     should just
>     > >     mount and use
>     > >     > that storage with the ability to continue operation if
>     one of
>     > >     the two storage
>     > >     > servers goes down.
>     > >     > 3) More servers should be able to join the cluster
>     > and at given
>     > >     point,
>     > >     > expanding the total size of the cluster, hopefully without
>     > >     rebuilding the
>     > >     > storage.
>     > >     > 4) Load balance is not a issue - all the load can go to
>     one of
>     > >     the two storage
>     > >     > servers (although its better to be balanced), the main
>     goal is
>     > >     to have
>     > >     > redundant storage
>     > >     >
>     > >     > Does ocfs2 meet these requirements? I read few howtos
>     but none
>     > >     of them
>     > >     > mentioned my second requirement (only some of the servers to
>     > >     hold the data).
>     > >     >
>     > >     > Are there any specific steps to do to accomplish (2) and
>     (3)?
>     > >     >
>     > >     > I`m using Ubuntu 6.06 on x86.
>     > >     >
>     > >     > Thanks!
>     > >     >
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