[Linux-HA] STONITH without special hardware

[Dejan Muhamedagic]

Hi,

On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 11:25:24AM +0200, Jose Jerez wrote:
> You can always use the ssh stonith agent (external/ssh), it's mainly
> for testing but I guess its better than no stonith at all.

I'd disagree. An unreliable stonith device gives a false sense of
security. It's a workaround which may or may not work. You do
want your stonith device to work in case you need it.

> On 9/10/07, Departamento Técnico de El Norte de Castilla
> <tecnicos.norte at gmail.com> wrote:
> > What kind of STONITH service, if there is one, could I use with confidence
> > without special STONITH hardware installed on the nodes? Thnx in advance,

If this is about your data: how much does it cost? How much time
it would take you to recover it? Is it then worth having a proper
STONITH setup?

Thanks,

Dejan

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