[Linux-cluster] GFS 6.0 node without quorum tries to fence

Michael Conrad Tadpol Tilstra mtilstra at redhat.com
Tue Aug 3 17:58:12 UTC 2004


On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 09:22:59AM -0700, Steve Landherr wrote:
> In a netsplit, what does fencing achieve when done by a node that
> doesn't have quorum?  It still won't have quorum.  It should probably
> just clean up as best it can and leave the rest of the cluster alone.

Think of the world as the nodes see it, not as you see it.  You cannot
tell if it is a netsplit or truely nodes dieing.  It looks the same.


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Michael Conrad Tadpol Tilstra
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