From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 18 17:33:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@FreeBSD.org 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 EE2A216A401 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:33:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EED443D45 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:33:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C741B5E45; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:33:58 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id gUSPfF-MReRY; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:33:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [199.103.21.238] (pan.codefab.com [199.103.21.238]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D60D55D34; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:33:57 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <200604181605.k3IG5XnT003395@blaze.columbus.af.mil> References: <200604181605.k3IG5XnT003395@blaze.columbus.af.mil> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v749.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:33:56 -0400 To: Wright Jim Contr 14MDSS/SGSI X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: clustering question....... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:34:00 -0000 On Apr 18, 2006, at 12:05 PM, Wright Jim Contr 14MDSS/SGSI wrote: > Hallo ! > > I'm sure there is some info on this, but I can't seem to find it. > > I guess what I'm looking for is the "FreeBSD Clustering for Dummies" > guide. Dummies aren't qualified to set up a cluster, I'm afraid. You should start by determining what services the system needs to provide, what kind of reliability and uptime is desired, and what the budget is for hardware and software. If the budget is less than mid 5-digits (compare to low-to-mid 6-digits if doing Windows, say a clustered SQLServer solution), you aren't going to be able to configure a "true cluster" [1] with no single point of failure. -- -Chuck [1]: Most people don't realize that the Microsoft cluster solutionsrequires both a separate machine from the clustered servers as a domain controller to manage the cluser, *and* it requires a highly reliable NAS or SAN backend filestorage being available, which is absolutely vital to the cluster staying sane.