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  • RHCS 6.3 : How to create a WORKING cluster config with qdisk AND I/O fencing ?

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    Hello !

    I'm trying to configure a two-node cluster really providing HA service in various cases of failure :
    - public network failure
    - private network failure
    - power supply failure
    - SAN failure

    I've tried various configs, with/without a quorum disk, with power fencing only or with power and I/O fencing. I can't determine what is the best practice, because there's always a case where the cluster behaviour is not satisfying :

    • power supply failure on one node can be addressed through I/O fencing, but this is NOT compatible with using a quorum disk (when restarted, the failed node cannot unfence itself because qdiskd starts before fenced and provokes cman stop);
    • private network failure HAS to be addressed with a quorum disk and a delay on one of the fence devices to avoid entering a fence-loop where each node kills the other one on restart;

    So it seems that I cannot have a cluster config addressing all of the possible failures at the same time...
    Do you have any suggestions/recommendations ?
    Is it better to have a quorum disk or not ?
    Is there a way to get a node unfence itself BEFORE starting qdiskd ?

    Regards,
    Frédéric Hummel.

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