[Lustre-discuss] Failover Setup MDS/MDT

[Brian J. Murrell]

On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 16:00 +0200, Heiko Schroeter wrote:
> 
> What would be the proper setup scenario if the above is not possible ? 
> (Avoiding a single point of failure for the MDS)

Two MDSes each with access to the same storage (the MDT) device so that
either (but never both at the same time!) can mount the MDT.

DRBD has the potential to simulate this shared storage by mirroring it,
but I have no first-hand experience doing so.

b.

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