[Linux-cluster] Active Active Cluster

[Rajagopal Swaminathan]

Greetings,

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Muhammad Ammad Shah
<mammadshah at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Is it possible to setup Active/Active cluster using two nodes, (i want to
> test this on MySQL and Oracle 11G). or it requires some other software?
>

You will need Oracle RAC.

Use the OS clustering for Active/passive DB. Never for Active/Active DB.

Yes you can use Active/Active cluster for application such as
NFS/Terminal server/Samba etc.

You will need special software such as RAC

Hope you have not committed to any customer :)

Regards,

Rajagopal