[Ocfs2-users] 2-node Cluster Configuration

[Silviu Marin-Caea]

On Friday 01 February 2008 01:23:22 am D Kennell wrote:

> the
> documentation for Ocfs2 is very, very minimal
The documentation is sufficient because setting up an OCFS2 cluster is quite 
simple.  That's a feature :-)

> so my question is - does Ocfs2 allow for a 2-node cluster, since we
> would like to stick with that number of nodes?
Yes.

> if one of the nodes 
> dies, will the other node be able to detect this and keep running
> stand-alone until the dead node reboots, etc.?
Yes, if the other node is really dead, that is--it does not emit stuff on the 
network and does not write to the heartbeat file on the disk.

> also, does Ocfs2 
> require a 3rd machine to administer the nodes
No.

> , or can the 2 nodes each 
> be used to administer the entire cluster?
Yes.