Re: Antw: Re: Antw: Re: file system resource becomes inaccesible when any of the node goes down

Lars Marowsky-Bree <[email protected]> Thu, 9 Jul 2015 10:57:23 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.highavailability.user,gmane.comp.clustering.clusterlabs.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2015-07-07T12:23:44, Ulrich Windl <[email protected]> wr=
ote:

> The advantage depends on the alternatives: If two nodes both want to acce=
ss the same filesystem, you can use OCFS2, NFS, or CIFS (list not complete)=
. If only one node can access a filesystem, you could try any journaled fil=
esystem (a fsck is needed after a node crash).

A journaled file system does not require a fsck after a crash.

> If you use NFS or CIFS, you shift the problem to another machine.
> =

> If you use a local filesystem, you need recovery, mount, and start of you=
r application on a standby node.
> =

> With OCFS2 you'll have to wait for a few seconds before your application =
can continue.

The recovery happens in the background with OCFS2 as well; the fs
replays the failed node's journal in the background. The actual time
saved by avoiding the "mount" is negligible.



Regards,
    Lars

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