What/Which filesytem to use in a cluster ?

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Issue

  • We are interested in building a two node high availability (not continuous availability) cluster, what is the recommended file system for such configuration? The cluster file system will be working in Active - Passive mode and not Active-Active. Would GFS 2 be a solution for such configuration? Could ext4 filesystem be used in a cluster file system configuration?

Environment

  • Red Hat Cluster Suite 4+ and Red Hat GFS 6.1
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 (with the High Availability and Resilient Storage Add Ons)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 (with the High Availability and Resilient Storage Add Ons)

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