Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:02:09 +0100 From: Jordi Prats <jprats@cesca.es> To: Jules Gilbert <jules.stocks@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HA cluster Message-ID: <47286EC1.4030608@cesca.es> In-Reply-To: <B782304B-29E4-436F-869C-11B78C258943@gmail.com> References: <4727BDD6.8060105@cesca.es> <B782304B-29E4-436F-869C-11B78C258943@gmail.com>
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So there's no HA cluster for FreeBSD? RH cluster suite use kernel modules, so I cannot just recompile it, on the other hand clusterit does not fit all my requirements. regards, Jordi Jules Gilbert wrote: > Be careful. > > I use FreeBSD and I love it, I've used it for years and am not going > back to Linux. BUT!, your entry expectations wrt progress, the level > of support, and many other things differ from the Linux world. > > I have 15 blades up 24X7, and one controller machine, and another 10 > or so satellites, all running FreeBSD 6.1 or 6.2. > > And we have had our share of problems. For example, some key aspects > of clusterit have never worked for us. So we moved on and have made > to with one or two (now,) excellent home-brew solutions. But running > FreeBSD is not going to be like running Linux. On the other hand, > you'll get a lot of work done that with Linux, you'd never be able to > do, because Linux has it's own kind of troubles. > > I use these machines for research and some production applications and > don't need GUI's or lot's of access to the internet. A few minutes a > day is all. So we don't see attacks and such. > > --jg > > > > On Oct 30, 2007, at 7:27 PM, Jordi Prats wrote: > >> Hi all, >> This is my first post on this list. I'm currently studding to change >> a HA Linux cluster to a HA FreeBSD cluster. >> >> Currently I have two (redundant) load balancers with LVS, and several >> NFS, MySQL and PostgreSQL servers using RedHat cluster suite. >> >> What would you recommend to change this Linux setup to a FreeBSD >> setup? Any experiences with HA clusters with FreeBSD? >> >> Thank you! >> Jordi >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-cluster@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-cluster >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-cluster-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > -- ...................................................................... __ / / Jordi Prats C E / S / C A Dept. de Sistemes /_/ Centre de Supercomputació de Catalunya Gran Capitą, 2-4 (Edifici Nexus) · 08034 Barcelona T. 93 205 6464 · F. 93 205 6979 · jprats@cesca.es ......................................................................
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