[Linux-HA] advice needed

[Greg Cope]

On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 16:07 +0100, Andy Dale wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am currently in researching HighAvailability solutions for Linux, to
> provide us with HA database servers. I know this can be done with LinuxHa in
> conjunction with DRBD, but i would like to do it with a shared redundant
> storage device, but i currently have no idea where to start.  First off
> would it be possible to have 2 linux boxes in a LinuxHA config both reading
> and writing to the shared device (it will primarily by databases), also can
> anyone recommend a (cheap-ish) SAN device that functions well with LinuxHA.

If you need shared storage some of your choices are;

- nfs
- iscsi (look at iet)
- FCAL SAN's - which I have never found to be cheap!

Greg


> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Andy
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