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RE: [Xen-users] small cluster storage configuration?

To: "Bart Coninckx" <bart.coninckx@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Miles Fidelman" <mfidelman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] small cluster storage configuration?
From: "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:41:51 +1100
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> 
> DRBD does not do 4 nodes. If you split in two clusters you cannot
cross
> migrate, unless you set up the storage on each node in some way, bu
thow
> are you going to replicate?
> 
> Personally, I would create a storage cluster and a VM cluster,
allowing for
> epxansion of the virtual nodes later if time/budget permits.
> 

That's what I've done. Overall throughput is quite good, but seems to
suffer a bit on small writes.

James

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