From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 21 16:51:07 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EACE16A4CE for ; Thu, 21 Apr 2005 16:51:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (mail.bathnetworks.com [84.92.24.252]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF24643D49 for ; Thu, 21 Apr 2005 16:51:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@bathnetworks.com) Received: (qmail 14146 invoked by uid 510); 21 Apr 2005 17:54:04 +0100 Received: from 84.92.24.252 by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (envelope-from , uid 508) with qmail-scanner-1.24-st-qms (clamdscan: 0.83/710. spamassassin: 3.0.2. perlscan: 1.24-st-qms. Clear:RC:0(84.92.24.252):SA:0(-1.7/5.0):. Processed in 4.084214 secs); 21 Apr 2005 16:54:04 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.7 required=5.0 X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN-Mail-From: bsd@bathnetworks.com via lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN: 1.24-st-qms (Clear:RC:0(84.92.24.252):SA:0(-1.7/5.0):. Processed in 4.084214 secs Process 14139) Received: from mail.bathnetworks.com (HELO ?84.92.24.252?) (bsd@bathnetworks.com@84.92.24.252) by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk with SMTP; 21 Apr 2005 17:54:00 +0100 From: Robert Slade To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" In-Reply-To: <81d6fd03097ca15bf1310357f6b40ee6@todoo.biz> References: <81d6fd03097ca15bf1310357f6b40ee6@todoo.biz> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1114102440.14000.1.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 17:54:00 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Cluster on freeBSD 5.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 16:51:07 -0000 On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 14:48, BSD wrote: > Hello, > > One of my clients want a high performance computer with a high level of > redundancy. > > I was thinking of two solutions : > > ####################### > 1. Installing 2 high perf computers : > ####################### > > This will involve buying 2 servers with the same level of disks, > hardware RAID array, and software. > Regarding FreeBSD, I would install the software I need and sync the > /etc and other vital soft using rsync. > > > ##################### > 2. Installing a high perf cluster : > ##################### > > There is a question regarding how to setup this cluster with a > redundancy on every part of the system (hardware + software). > Has someone already been producing a high level cluster with FreeBSD ? > What hardware have you been using ? > What are the problems you are facing ? > Any pointer ? > > --- > > The second question will be which of the two system will you use ? > > > Thanks for your answers. Heartbeat run on freebsd (its in the ports) have a look at their site: http://www.linux-ha.org/ Rob