Re: webfarm and redhat cluster ?

[Jussi Silvennoinen <jussi_nahant silvennoinen net>]

> Hello,
> I think I have a misunderstanding  with Redhat cluster suite and webFarm.
> 
> I'm testing this scenario :
> 2 server as load balancer (red hat + piranha)
> 2 WEB servers behind the balancer connected to a GFS file system.
> My goal is to increase the uptime of my websites and to be able to
> decrease the servers load by adding a new one if necessary.
> 
> At first,  I though that I need to create a cluster for the 2 web
> servers. But in this scenario, I cannot have load balancing between the
> 2 web servers.
> 
> So, am I missing something, or my option here is to have 1 load balancer
> cluster active/passive (for fail over) and my 2 web servers with a
> connection to the GFS file system. So no cluster with those server ?
> 
> The problem with that setup is that piranha will see if a server fails
> or if httpd fails but not if the GFS fails.

Why not give some NFS-filer a try and use it for shared storage instead 
of GFS? Often a much simpler setup to build and maintain over the years.

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  Jussi