Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 07:15:30 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Wole Akpose <freebsd.cluster@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New To Clustering Where Do I start Message-ID: <434A5B62.5050608@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <cbf18d840510090600i4c6d52epf2be7cbad8143c8f@mail.gmail.com> References: <cbf18d840510090600i4c6d52epf2be7cbad8143c8f@mail.gmail.com>
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Wole Akpose wrote: > Hello , > > I am new to clustering but I have a project that requires some intelligent > clustering. > > Two (or more) machines will access the same SATA raid appliance. Machines > will serve as load balancing servers, but each reading and writing from/to > same block on storage. > > Where do I start with my configuration changes and or research? > > Machines are running same operating System, FreeBSD5.4, primary application > is streaming server. > > Also I have another project, this time machine will run courier mta. Currently, FreeBSD does not offer any solution for direct shared block devices for write access, since there is no shared/clustered filesystem in FreeBSD. You could use NFS, which would probably work ok for you, or have both hosts reading from the same disks, but writing to the same shared array (via fibre channel for instance) won't work currently. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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