[CI] Re: [SSI] Back online

[Lyle B. <lbi...@bi...>]

I sent this message previously while VA Linux was moving things around -
and it likely got lost...

Bruce, Brian, et al,

It was good chatting with you in person at Linuxworld!  Your demo there
encouraged me to setup a SSI cluster in my lab.  I have a small beowulf
cluster (8 nodes) - 4 of which are Intel Uni nodes.  It looks like I'll
have to start with a 2 node SSI cluster :(  as I will have to use a SCSI
external disk on the first cut for GFS.

You mentioned that you had corruption troubles with one drive type when
you attempted to use SCSI clustering.  Were you using SCSI2 or SCSI3? 
What kind of drive was it?

(It's a shame that the firewire drivers don't support GFS - that would
be a lot cheaper than FC...)

Are there any special considerations for SSI regarding the size of swap
I need to know?

The documented instructions generally seem clear enough  - but what
would help a lot would be a diagram of the your demo system layout
(names, IP addresses, etc.) along with the config files you used to
implement it.  That would probably answer a number of minor questions I
have regarding CLUSTER
params, etc.

I won't start working on this until mid-late September - but before I
start, if you have you could supply the demo info. it would be greatly
appreciated.

I'll keep you posted as to my progress.

Thanks,
Lyle

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