Re: webfarm and redhat cluster ?

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thanks for the reply,
The question is more : is-it the way to create a cluster using gfs +
redhat cluster sutie ?


Jussi Silvennoinen wrote:
>> 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.
>>     
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> 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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