[Linux-cluster] What if the fence device doesn't work?

[Janne Peltonen]

On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 09:21:59AM -0500, Eric Kerin wrote:
> In this case you're right.  If the APC died a horrible firey death then 
> the server would probably be down, and both the APC and iLO would not be 
> accessible for fencing. 
> 
> In my situation I have redundant power supplies, and two APC devices, 
> (both left power supplies go into one, right into the other)  Therefore 
> if one of my power controllers fail, the systems is still online.  And 
> hopefully I'll notice the downed power supplies before the next time the 
> cluster needs to fence something.  This lowers the risk to an acceptable 
> level for me, but not necessarily for everyone.

Ok, thanks for clearing things up. :)


--Janne Peltonen