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List:       linux-ha-dev
Subject:    Re: [Linux-ha-dev] 2.0 Release and >2 Node Support?
From:       Alan Robertson <alanr () unix ! sh>
Date:       2005-01-25 21:17:34
Message-ID: 41F6B76E.4010605 () unix ! sh
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Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote:
> On 2005-01-25T13:12:20, Liam Howlett <howlett@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Thanks for the quick response!  I have a few more questions about >2
>>node support.  Is there support for any interface besides Ethernet
>>heartbeat?
> 
> 
> It's not ethernet, it's IPv4 based. That's a small difference ;-)
> 
> 
>>perhaps some sort of terminal server to connect more than
>>one serial interface?  
> 
> 
> No, that would be too expensive. Use two or more dedicated cluster NICs
> per node and each domain on their own ethernet switch.

There used to be code in place for a "serial ring" topology, but the "ring" 
part is broken nowadays.

We have a pluggable communications architecture, so we are *able* to do 
lots of things.  But, serial and a couple of flavors of IP are all we 
currently support.


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     Alan Robertson <alanr@unix.sh>

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