[Linux-cluster] fence device

[Jerome Fenal]

Le mercredi 12 août 2009 à 09:08 +0200, LEROUX Ludovic a écrit :
> i have a linux redhat cluster with two redhat 5.3 nodes.
> I have a shared iscsi disk with gfs.
> And i created an oracle service which mounts the gfs file system and
> start an oracle instance in fail over mode.
> I have two questions:
> 1°) I don't have a fence device. Is it possible to create a cluster
> without a fence device? 

Having a fencing device is mandatory for supportability.
You can open a support ticket to get directions in order to correct this
with your actual setup.

> 2°) is it possible to create a high available cluster with two or more
> nodes which works together (for example http server).

You mean multiple processes across multiple nodes for one service ?
No.

Regards,

J.

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