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List:       intermezzo-discuss
Subject:    Re: Success with intermezzo for serious work
From:       Peter Braam <braam () clusterfs ! com>
Date:       2003-01-21 16:01:31
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Radhika, 

Can we add something like that to the intermezzo web site.  "InterSync
needs more work before it can be used in production.  Please assist
us. "

Thanks!

- Peter -


On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 06:50:15PM -0700, Fred Feirtag wrote:
> mike@mikebell.org wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 12:44:29PM -0800, Timothy N. Jones wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>Previous messages here indicate that I'm not the only one having quality 
> >>issues
> >>with the software.  Is anyone actually using this in production?  I'm on 
> >>the
> >>verge of giving up.
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >Of course not, it's still a work in development. So many emails get sent
> >to this list, someone should really put a big "NOT FOR PRODUCTION USE
> >YET" on the web page...
> >
> I'll second that!  As far as I can tell, intermezzo file systems are stable,
> but intersync, the software necessary to maintain intermezzo file systems
> across platforms is only alpha quality.  My experience is that intersync
> does work to synchronize between two servers, as long as both of the
> servers are continually up and stable.  Of course it is the very scenario
> where one of the servers fails in some eclectic way that prompts people
> so seek out intermezzo/intersync in the first place.  Considering what
> should be this obvious fact, it's hard not to feel mislead by the web site.
> http://www.inter-mezzo.org/docs/intersync.pdf seems to reflect more
> aspirations that current status.
> 
> Although the active-active configuration of intermezzo is VERY
> desirable, I would recommend that anyone in need of an immediate
> way to increase availability consider building an active-passive
> configuration around DRBD (http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/reisner/drbd/).
> In my experience, it works better, and there's more help from the 
> mailing list.
> 
> --Fred
> 
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> Fred Feirtag
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